Lane TS #3

The next tutoring session I had was with a girl from Saudi Arabia named Manal, who was referred to me by my first conversation partner. As opposed to some of my other tutees, Manal had very specific extrinsic motivations (wanting to get her master's and PhD, wanting to improve quickly for her family), and so she had very specific priorities. Specifically, she wanted help with her listening and with her homework and presentations for CIES classes. This made my assistance to her fairly straightforward but still very engaged. A lot of my preparation kind of went out of the window when I went to meet her; however, I think that's an important thing to consider as well, since it's another way I need to learn to adapt to the needs of my tutees. Overall, we had an extremely productive tutoring session.