Julio TS #13

 Date: August 20th Thursday


Tutee: Wei

Location: College of Medicine Patio

Topic: Speaking (Chinese History), Error correction

Feedback Provided: Wei had doubts about her fluency due to her errors, but i reassured her that she is indeed fluent, even if she has patterned/habitual errors. I explained that working on those such as distinguishing past vs present tense when talking about history is more a question of accuracy and clarity, but her ability to quickly produce intelligible and appropriate responses is clearly on the advanced side. I will continue providing feedback on the errors that we are watching out for, such as using plurals, past tense forms, third person forms, etc. However, I also explained that some of the errors were over-corrections, such as using plurals when she isn't supposed to. Although this is a mistake, I see it as a good sign that she is slowly but surely integrating the feedback into her thought processes when speaking, which will over time become more accurate and automatic.

Lessons learned: Student will take lots of time to slowly break their patterned errors/habits. During this process, they will sometimes over-correct things that previously they would have not mistaken. It is important to give positive feedback during this process, as to not discourage their efforts in breaking their habits.

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