On Thursday, I tutored Anwer at Strozier library. He wanted
to practice a presentation for his class so I reserved a smart room for us. We
plugged in the laptop and I sat there as the audience simulating how the actual
presentation would take place. His presentation was on the education system in
Iraq. I took notes while he spoke, and marked down any errors that I noticed or
sentences that I thought could use some rephrasing. He did very well, his
speech was almost 8 minutes long. He only made a few grammar mistakes but for
the most part I have to say it was very smooth and fluent. I made sure to
emphasize everything that he did well, and use positive reinforcement to
motivate him. Anwer works very hard at practicing his English and takes his studying
very seriously. After the speech, we did a listening log assignment together. We
found an interesting TedX talk online about two Dutch men who travelled to
Brazil together and turned favelas into works of art. It was a very interesting
and inspiring video. After we watched it, I helped him figure out the main idea
and write a summary for the TedX talk. All of the murals that these artists
painted in the video reminded me of Wynwood – the art district in Miami where I’m
from. We talked about that for a while too because Anwer loves Miami. We both
agreed that art is so important because it brings people together and can send
very powerful messages. Altogether, it was a very good tutoring session with
Anwer.
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