I observed Felicia’s Listening 2 class at 2:00 pm this Wednesday. In the beginning of the class she told the class to read two pages and timed them. They then closed their books and she asked them questions about the reading. Felicia then recited a few sentences that they had to write out and compare their answers with a partner. For the next exercise, she read aloud a paragraph that the students followed along in their book, filling in the blanks as she read. They then looked at three pictures and talked with a partner about what they see in the pictures, and what their favorite hobbies are, in order to practice both their speaking and comprehension. There was a class discussion where everyone shared what their favorite hobby was and what hobby they would like to do in the future, which led to a great and funny group discussion:) At the end of class, they did a listening exercise about instruments and took notes on what they heard.
My next tutoring session was with Turki. We met at the Starbucks on Tennessee Street, the usual spot, and started the session with a causal conversation about life and his short term English goals. Turki decided he didn't want to continue with the second session of CIES classes, and that he wanted to rather focus solely on passing the IELTS exam. He said he found the CIES classes to be helpful, but also distracting. He said he thinks he's gotten the most out of his classes and that it would be more productive for him to study on his own. Where I don't completely agree with his logic, it is his life and I trust his decision making. For this session he brought his own material that he wanted to focus on. This time it was a reading passage that I even found to be quite difficult, and I was once again impressed by his far reach in practice and ability. The reading passage was accompanied by a set of numerous comprehension questions that we reviewed and answered together. The qu...
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