Kareef Stephen TEFL Blog

  Date/Time: May 7th Tuesday Location: Zoom Topic/Skill: reading comprehension/vocab Feedback provided to the tutee: I had Dojun read a native-level article on Boeing's recent struggles. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Dojun needs more active feedback from me during the lesson. He read the article well, but at the end, I asked him how much he understood and he said he only comprehended around 50% of it. In the future I will do a better job actively asking, looking for, and fixing his mistakes. After reading the article, I also went over all the new vocabulary words from the article that he did not know.

     Date/Time: May 1st     Thursday  Topic/Skill: Listening practice Teacher Presentation:  The teacher started the class by chatting with the students before having them go to canvas and do listening practice assignments. Classroom Management: Due to there being only two students in the class Dr. Ciapetta was able to address the needs of each student whenever they had problems directly. There was not much managing to be done as the students were listening to the dialogue on their computers.  Materials: Laptop with headphones. Student Participation: The students were attentively listening to the dialogue and writing down their answers. Feedback Provided: The students provide their answers to the listening prompts on a Google doc. The teacher also has access to this document and corrects the students' English after they are finished typing. Lesson(s) on teaching you learned: I learned that to communicate with absolute beginner-level stud...

Date/Time: May 3rd  Friday Location: CIES building Topic/Skill: reading comprehension Feedback provided to the tutee: I had Rosario take a TOEFL speaking practice exam. We then went over his answers and analyzed the questions he got wrong. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Rosario needs help strategizing for the TOEFL exam. He needed some help understanding exactly what some of the questions were asking him. Additionally, he finished his exam early but did not double-check his answers. I think that in the future, alongside more reading comprehension activities, it would be beneficial to teach Rosario test-taking strategies as well.

    Date/Time: May 1st       Topic/Skill: Student-led discussion. speaking/listening practice. Teacher Presentation:  The teacher started the class by introducing the student Sultan, who was leading the discussion. Classroom Management: Dr. Ciapetta mostly let the class run itself as Sultan was the one leading the discussion. Dr. Rios was also there, as his class was taking part in the discussion as well. Both teachers would take notes and write down every mistake they heard a student make. Materials: No materials were used. Student Participation: Every student participated in the discussion by giving their own opinion on the questions Sultan asked. As Sultan is studying criminology, the questions were focused on how genetics and environmental factors play a role in people committing crimes. Feedback Provided: The teachers would take notes on a Google doc every time a student would make a mistake. They would write down the name of the student plus...