Today, August 31, 2015, I held my first tutoring session with a CIES student, Marco, whom I have also taken on as a conversation companion, around noon at lunchtime. I conducted the needs-analysis for Marco, asking him what he would like to focus on and where he thinks he needs the most improvement. He informed me that he lacks significantly in his English lexicon and would like to expand his vocabulary. His speech and pronunciation is quite fluid and accurate, however, he often must find a round-of-about explaining something due to the fact that he does not know the English word for many objects, in particular common household items and furnishings. Towards the end of our meeting, I told him a good way to learn the various names of furniture and appliances is to label them at home so that he sees the English name for counter, table, chair, bookshelf, etc. everyday. I demonstrated with a few blank flashcards on which I wrote the words "table," "book," and "chair" and placed them accordingly around the room. Marco became very excited at this idea and told me he would definitely employ this tactic.
He informed me of an assignment he was working on in which he must read a book (he has chosen one on famous soccer players and coaches) and then compose a short summary of what he has read. Tomorrow morning, he will show me his draft and I will make notes for him on what needs to be corrected in concerns to grammar and word choice.
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