Joel TS#2

For this tutoring session, I worked with Yuma on his listening and comprehension skills. Jennifer joined us as well, to observe. Last week, Yuma said that he wanted to work on his listening skills and try to practice for the TOEFL. I found a listening comprehension practice that came with a script and some questions that I felt would be good for his level. This seemed to be very helpful because it would allow him to practice his listening as well as his reading. We started off by just listening to the passage while he underlined words that he didn’t know or was unsure about. We then went through each of the words and I explained, to the best of my ability, each of them. After that we went through some questions about the article which helped improve his understanding and made sure that he knew exactly what the article was saying. I feel like this lesson was helpful and went more smoothly than the last one. He seemed to understand what I was saying a little bit better than last week. Hopefully I will be able to continue to improve the lessons and see improvement in Yuma’s English skills.