Shanti TS#9

On May 27 I observed Alexandria tutor Abeer. First she asked him about his weekend. Then they listened to a recording of the article before they read it together. He asked her questions when he didn't understand. She then asked him which words he did not understand. One of the words he wasn't sure of the meaning of was ink. Ali explained it to him as in this context it is another for tattoo. After this she had him read the passage out loud. During this she corrected his pronunciation on words he missed pronounced. He would then say the word correctly. Ali then read part of the passage to give him a break. He continued reading and finished the article. Ali then broke it down paragraph by paragraph so that he would understand all of it. Ali then asked him questions on the servile such as what the tone was and if it was bias. They discussed the article in length.After she had him read a TOFEL practice passage. He read this silently to himself. They then went over the questions that  came with it. Abeer kept going back to the passage to double check his answers.  Abeer did very well and has good speaking skills. I was very impressed with the his ability to convey his thoughts. After the session I had a little time to speak with Abeer personally. He is very interesting. Abeer likes to learn a few words from every language and would very much like to learn Spanish after learning English. I found it interesting that he wanted to learn so many languages. He also told me he plans to become a lawyer. I enjoyed talking to him and was very impressed with Ali's tutoring.