Today I met my tutee, a twenty year old girl named Si Jing He. Si Jing He, or Cynthia, her American name is from China and has been studying at CIES for about two months. Almost immediately after the meeting began, she told me what she wants help in: her pronunciation, speaking and listening skills and expanding her vocabulary. By improving these skills, she told me she will be better in her major, international business.
Honestly, I feel a little nervous about tutoring her because I really want to be an effective tutor and make the sessions worth her time. I tried to ask her what topics she wanted to know more vocabulary in (such as sports, travel, etc.) but she was not sure. Luckily, she told me that she has a vocabulary book with many words and some of them she has trouble remembering the definitions. So, I guess this will be a good start. On Friday she is going to bring a list of words she can't remember and we will work on those. I also asked her what her interests were (photography and traveling) so that I could find some radio programs or articles about those topics. Cynthia also wants to learn about American pop culture, so maybe some slower songs with subtitles would be a fun listening exercise?
Towards the end of the session, I thought it would be fun to explain what a tongue twister was and eventually she was saying "Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore." It was cool to because she did not know what a sea shore was, so hopefully she learned a new vocabulary word. On Friday we plan to meet again and I plan on showing her where the library is located. She also told me she isn't very familiar with the campus, so maybe one day we will take a tour and she can practice her listening skills.
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