Marcos was the only tutee who could come today. The others were sick and couldn’t make
it. Since it was the last official
tutoring session, I spent some time showing him different websites where he
could find materials to study on his own.
I told him that the computer via different websites is a very good
teacher for him because his teachers and I will not always be there to teach
him. I suggested that, during the
5-day Thanksgiving break and Christmas and New Year breaks, he will still be
able to improve his English by learning on his own. He was glad to have the websites on ESL English.
We worked on various grammar problems that he had, such as
prepositions and verb tenses. We
worked on some common phrases that he needed to know, because those phrases
come up with everyday conversations.
For example: “What is the matter?” and “I am sorry to hear that.” He already knew some phrases well, but
some were brand new to him.
He told me that he will have a test on the terms for all the
clothing and would like to review them with me. He also said that men’s clothing are much simpler and
women’s are so “complicated”. I
told him that I totally agree. We
worked on pronunciation as he read aloud the names for each item. He had trouble with some words, like
“blouse”, so I reminded him that it should sound like “house”. We worked on the differences in
pronunciation between “sleeper” and “slippers”.
Marcos has improved a lot. I am very proud of him because he has
been very diligent and very faithful in attending all the tutoring
sessions. He will eventually speak
English very well.
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