Last Sunday I met with my tutor partner at the library. I am glad it was nice outside and not too cold.
Upon starting our conversation, my partner complained that CIES doesn't use enough TOEFL vocabulary; which led into a discussion on how she wanted to improve her TOEFL vocabulary (earlier today, I completed a new lesson that focuses on potential words she may encounter taking the exam).
I started with some model based dialogue. I gave her some different questions asked from different people, and asked her to refuse based on the question and the person asking the question. Upon doing the lesson, we reviewed words that she didn't know such as: refuse, assertive, entertainment, compromise, pretend, threat, hire, and disguise. I provided the definitions from my head and told her to write these new words down and verify my definitions in a dictionary, so that she will not easily forget.
We then discussed some of the different verb tenses in English and how they are used. My partner did surprisingly well, but also mentioned that English verb tenses are difficult because many do not exist in Turkish. My partner then asked me to prepare another lesson using verb tenses for our next meeting (which I did today).
To end the lesson I gave her a children book to read out-loud to test pronunciation and vocabulary knowledge, but this turned out to be a little bit too easy. I will provide a more difficult reading assignment for our next meeting.
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