Alexandria TS #7

This afternoon, I tutored Hesham in reading and speaking. Before we started I told him about Shanti, and Katie that were going to observe us today. He was uncomfortable with the idea, and I felt the same way. However, we pushed those feelings aside and started to work on reading. I had him read an article called "No Tattoos for Apple" Before we started reading it I decided to play the audio first, and have him follow along with the reading. I then decided to go over the vocabulary before we started reading it. The article comes with vocabulary, so we just quickly defined the words. After that I decided that we should alternate turns while reading the article. I then asked him what he thought the article was about. He was confused at to what was going on, so I had him try to summarize each paragraph, and he eventually got the main idea. I continued asking him question on if he thought the article was objective or bias, and the purpose of the article. He told me that it was bias, and the purpose was to inform the audience. Once that was done I had him do a TOEFL reading test. Hesham thought that it was easy as well, so I decided that I probably need a better website to find practice exams. However, Hesham thought the exam would be better for beginners, and I thought that his feedback was useful. At the end we talked about our future plans, and the places he has visited.