Katie TS #9

Today I observed Alexandria's tutoring session. She began by asking her tutee, Abeer, about his weekend. I would say that Abeer is at an low-intermediate level. Alexandria focused on reading, listening and speaking. She began with a video about the Apple iwatch and how it does not work with tattoos. After the video, Alexandria had Abeer read the article that went with the video. The article had vocabulary with it that she used it as an aid to explain new vocabulary words. Alexandria and her tutee alternated reading the paragraphs of the article out loud. At the end of reading the paragraphs Alexandria asked Abeer what the article was about but he did not know. Abeer said that when he reads aloud he does not focus on the whole meaning and focuses on the words instead. Then Abeer read it silently and said the article was about a problem with the apple iwatch. Alexandria asked concept questions such as, "what is the main idea?" "is the article objective?" and "is the tone serious?" Alexandria brought a reading example to practice for the TOEFL. Abeer had to read the article and then answer concept questions that are similar to those found on the TOEFL. Abeer said that the reading portion of the TOEFL is the reason that he didn't pass so I think that this is a good activity for him. Overall I think that Alexandria's tutoring session was well organized and catered to the students needs. I really liked the TOEFL practice activity and the topic of the Apple iwatch video and reading activity.