Jaclyn TS#2

     For my second tutoring session I met with Boram from South Korea. Boram’s English skills are excellent; however, she emphasized that she struggled with speaking. We went to Panera Bread for lunch and a tutoring session. Because it was our first session together, I used this as an introduction, and tried to get to know her level and proficiency of speaking. I used a notebook and jotted down grammatically incorrect sentences I heard during our conversation. I also recorded her speaking about her childhood for two minutes. At the end of the session, I showed her some of the sentences I wrote down, and her reaction was, “Oh, I said that?” It was good for her to see her mistakes. She knew how to fix them instantly. After, we went over the recording in my car as I drove her back to campus. We stopped the recording every time she made a mistake. Most of the time, she would stop the recorder herself and comment on the awkwardness of her sentence structure. I want to record her at all of our meetings so she can see her improvement over the next few weeks. Overall, she was so grateful for my time with her. I even offered to tutor her five-year-old son, and I look forward to working with him soon.