Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Jodie - TP Adults # 3


I met with my tutees, Xiao-Wei and Marcos.  Daree did not come today.  I asked Xiao-Wei and Marcos whether they wanted to work on something that I brought or to work on some thing that they learned in class.  Both of them told me that they would like to work on pronunciation of different fruits and vegetables that was covered in class.

We went over about 25-30 fruits and another 25-30 vegetables.  They made complete sentences in simple present using the names of the fruits and vegetables.  Some of the words were much harder for Xiao-Wei to pronounce.  For example, words that begin with “bl”, “br”, “th”… gave her trouble.  We also worked on listening comprehension by them listening to me describe what regions produce the various kinds of fruits.  I explained to them that Turkey and turkey are the same words, but with very different meanings.   When I mentioned that Turkey produces a lot of apricots, Xiao-Wei used the gesture as if holding a big drumstick.  They also told me, in complete sentences, the kind of fruit that they do not see often in their own countries.

They both wanted to learn more about the prepositions “in”, and “on”.  I explained these to them and gave them example sentences that included phrases like “in March”, “in summer”, and “in 2013”.  They both took turns making complete sentences.  We also went over the prepositions “on” and “at” and when to use them.  For example, “I get up early on Monday morning.  I get up early in the morning.  I read at lunchtime.  I finish at 2:00.”

I can see improvement with Xiao-Wei and Marcos.  They were a little more confident in speaking and were better in listening comprehension.  I am very glad for them and for their progress.

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