I have grouped these two tutoring session together because they took place on the same date, June 9th, with the same tutee, Jun-suk; however, because the tutoring session was conducted over Skype in South Korea, it took place on different days for the young Jun. During the morning session (morning in Florida), Shanti Franceour observed, and she can attest that it was a fun but productive session watching a Korean historical drama together with English subtitles while discussing the events. Because Jun had seen this particular episode a lot and was excited to discuss it, I engaged him in a lot of questions, both having to do with attention to comprehension. I wanted to gage exactly what extent I could push him to in his English lingual skills.
I continued this episode and test/diagnostic of speech skills with Jun in the later tutoring session in the evening. By now I felt that Jun sort of looked forward to our tutoring sessions as he immediately brought up the link to our activity and split the screen (of Skype) with screen share. This was my goal, to make our tutoring sessions both educational and a kind of relief from the intense schooling he tells me that he undergoes in South Korea. Overall, I think that Jun is improving his English speech skills, and I am very proud of him.
No comments:
Post a Comment