Anthony TS #2

     I met with my second tutee on Monday. His name is Ahmed, and he is from Jedha, Saudi Arabia. We went to Strozier Library, and I asked him all of the diagnostic questions outlined in our tutoring guidelines worksheet. This took longer than expected, not because of Ahmed's struggle with the questions, but quite the contrary. He is a very advanced level speaker and listener, and he wanted to have a long discussion on each question, and with myself being very inquisitive, our conversations trailed into different subjects surrounding our meeting (i.e. English learning, tutoring, hobbies and interests, etc.). He told me he studied computer programming in Saudi Arabia, and therefore enjoys to play video games in his free time. He is here learning English because the opportunity presented itself when his sister got a scholarship to FSU. He decided to tag along. He also enjoys going to the gym and learning about eating healthy, something he says he has taken up since he arrived in America. While his speaking and listening is advanced, his reading and writing is still in the low/upper intermediate level. He struggles with spelling and writing, which was the topic of our second hour of tutoring.