Sunday, November 24, 2013
TP #4 Madison
Friday I tutored Douglas, one of my conversation partners and CIES tuttees. I gave Douglas my diagnostic to fill out at the beginning of the session. The diagnostic included writing, listening, reading, and grammar so that I could find out what he specifically needed to work on. Ironically he didn't need to practice any of these skills only speaking. After he finished the diagnostic we did a few speaking exercises on the board. For one, I told him to Google a picture and describe it to me with the exception of colors. I couldn't look at the picture and had to draw what he described on the board. Then afterwards I had to match my picture on the board with the one he Google searched. He enjoyed that a lot!
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This is so cool! I think I will borrow this idea for my tutoring class tomorrow. I've had them describe pictures to me, but I never would have thought to have them try to describe a photo that I would have to draw. I love how this gives instant feedback and allows them to constantly modify what they are saying. Very very cool. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat were the areas he needed to work on most with speaking, Madison? Speaking obviously involves a lot of other skills (grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, etc.). What areas is he in need the most, and how?
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