Lane TS #5

On May 16th, I performed my first child tutoring session with Jun-Suk over Skype in South Korea. I had a lot of time to prepare for this tutoring session and I did; however, I didn't really know what to expect. I hoped to approach the tutoring session like Shanti's one that I observed. When I did make the Skype call with Jun-Suk, though, we mostly got distracted and talked about other things that were sort of diagnostic but also a little tangential. It helped me to better understand what he hoped to get out of the tutoring sessions, but at the same time all I really helped him with was the speaking practice. I was very impressed by the depth and breadth of his reading experience, since I planned to have him read from some of the online books I had found for children. When I showed them to him, it turned out that he had read most all of them and was at a much higher level, both in terms of reading and conversation, than I had expected. Still, I think that this was a productive and helpful tutoring session.