GraceTD Tutoring logs 1-4 DK

 

Date/Time: June 30, 10-11

Location: Zoom

Topic/Skill: Diagnostic

Feedback provided to the tutee: Praised him for being such an advanced speaker. We agreed to work on slang, idioms, expressions, etc.

Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Even advanced speakers want to practice and improve. Also, Dojun is practicing his English for the joy of it, not necessarily because he needs it.

 

Date/Time: July 7, 10-11

Location: Zoom

Topic/skill: Idioms from Shakespeare

Feedback provided to the student: I told him he’s very good at reading and at figuring out the meaning of something from context. We discussed formal vs informal and common vs uncommon expressions.

Lesson: I learned that he wants me to tell him how common every new word and saying that he learns is because he ranks them before he uses them.

 

Date/Time: July 14, 10-11

Location: Zoom

Topic/skill: Direction words/navigation words

Feedback provided to the student: I corrected him as he navigated us across a map and we talked about roundabouts, cul-de-sacs, etc.

Lesson: I learned that he likes activities, even though he is fine with learning through conversation and taking notes.

 

Date/Time: July 21, 2026, 10-11

Location: Zoom

Topic/skill: Common greetings and expressions

Feedback provided to student: While we discussed culture like food, burial rituals, etc., and common expressions, I corrected him on some vocabulary words and added some new ones.

Lesson: I learned that we both like comparing Seoul and Tallahassee, so we’ve been discussing culture and our cities a lot.

 

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