I met Andrea again in the kitchen of CIES. We began by talking about the book I gave her last week. She told me she really enjoyed it and it was a good level for her. I was a little worried it would be too difficult so this news made me feel happy. She told me at first, she was stopping at every word she didn’t know in order to translate it. But then learned it was better to read and only write down the words she didn’t know but continue and come back later to translate. She told me this allowed her to understand the overall meaning better. She also made comprehension notes about the book. After we went over the questions she had, I had her read a text and summarize it for me. I chose a more difficult text than I did last time because I think the first text was too easy. Afterward, we talked about the text and she answered some of the compression questions I had.
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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