Caroline: TS #2

Tutoring Session #2

Abdulaziz Ajeeli

January 24, 2020 at 12:30PM

This past Friday, I met with Abdulaziz for our second tutoring session at 12:30PM. Given our discussion the prior week, I came prepared with a TEDTalk and a list of common idioms for us to define and discuss. Our first activity was watching an educational TedTalk on the scientific benefits of getting good sleep. I chose this TedTalk for Abdualziz for two reasons: first, given his more advanced skill level I felt that he could comprehend most of the lecture and second, it was good practice for his upcoming IELTS exam. We watched the video together and took notes along the way. Every 2-3 minutes I paused the lecture and we discussed unknown vocabulary and topics. Some of the vocabulary we defined included words like dementia, cardiovascular, cognitive, and physiological. After the conclusion of the video, we moved on to discussing common idioms and idiom phrases. Instead of just telling him what it means from the get go, I had Abdulaziz look at the phrase and try and guess the meaning from his prior knowledge of the word meanings. We broke down phrases such as "Call it a day", "So far, so good", "Under the weather", and "Your guess is as good as mine". For this upcoming week, I asked him to practice using these phrases in conversation in an effort to help place these phrases in context. For next week, we will continue to practice note taking in an academic lecture context and hopefully learn some new idioms as well.