After one and half hours of tutoring, I am certain that my
tutee has not yet found a structured way to learn the English language. I find my job is more difficult than I
had first presumed. He is trying
to write 150 word essays about charts and graphs, and still does not have a
clear idea of when and how to use articles, what tense to put verbs in, and has
a limited vocabulary. This task is
enormous! To not only try to learn a new language in a matter of months,
but also to be able to analyze data in this new language is beyond my scope of
abilities. Perhaps, because my
tutee is young and ambitious he finds success to be imminent.
I have begun to structure my teaching lessons for
Jarrah. First, he will practice
using articles correctly on various worksheets during our session. Next, we will work on how to correctly
“introduce” the analysis of data.
Restating the title of the graph and then noting what (or who) is being
graphed seems a good template for this task. These first two steps may take weeks –or even months-- to
master unless Jarrah decides to step up his ability to learn new
vocabulary. Next week, I will give
him some note cards, and encourage him to use them for acquiring new
words.
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