Julio TS #11

 Date: August 16th Sunday


Tutee: Urania

Location: Zoom

Topic: Modal verbs: Ability

Feedback provided: I have not noticed that although Urania has a good degree of listening comprehension (even if she is not confident in it), she does not have much by way of formal grammar knowledge and thus become quickly unsure of how to say things when they aren't preset phrases. Therefore, I have been teaching her introductory grammar on how to communicate basic ideas, in this case, abilities/capabilities.

Lessons learned: Even over zoom, using a picture of the grammar book I have here with me can be very helpful, because instead of coming up with my own examples and how to explain them, I can utilize preset examples with explanations I know are grammatically correct, instead of approximating my own explanation.

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