Today I observed Harrison and his tutees because none of my tutees showed up on time. Ben and Xiaoyan showed up late. Harrison warmed up with a game of taboo specifically designed for lower level English speakers. This was a good idea, but I think it could have been better if he had given a rationale for the game. The game teaches a very important skill(to describe something when you can't say the actual word). The first few rounds were a little rough but after that the students effective learning levels were lowered. Some of the words that we used: circus, helicopter, and sushi.
After this we worked on Toefl speaking practice. Harrison first modeled the procedure to formulate the speakers response. Harrison would then read the question and give the students 15 seconds to respond. In this session there were 6 students and each one would formulate a response and we would have a group discussion about the goods and bads of each students response. Each student answered four or five questions each.
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