Bria TS #6

            During this session, my tutee wanted to focus on verbs that use prepositions, also known as phrasal verbs. Although he knows the meaning of a lot of verbs and prepositions, sometimes the meaning of a verb changes when it is with a preposition. A few words that we talked about were get to, put off, run over, make out, set off, and break up. It was easy to explain the meaning of some of the verbs but not all of them. From this tutoring session, I learned that some verbs are better to understand with an experience. I can try to explain the verb over and over. I can use a dictionary, which may help with the explanation. However, a person might need to be in a situation where they experience the action or use the verb in order to understand the meaning of the verb. This is simply because verbs deal with actions. Furthermore, in order to check for comprehension, I gave my tutee a homework assignment at the end of the session. Since it is hard to make up sentences on the spot with a newly learned word, I told my tutee to make two to three sentences with the verbs that he had learned, which we will go over during the next sessions. All in all, I wonder what kind of sentences my tutee will make.