Ayni met me at Strozier yesterday to practice writing for the TOEFL. I brought along two handouts to start the tutoring session. The first one was a handout of common prefixes such as “re, uni, bi, tele, oct, un.” We defined each and thought of examples. I also brought along a sheet of idioms for her to look at.
After we did these casual activities, we picked a formal topic from her TOEFL writing book and wrote an entire outline for it. I helped her formulate a thesis, as well as body paragraph topic statements and examples. The questions was “Do you prefer watching live performances in person or watching them on tv?” Ayni preferred at home, and the reasons she came up with included: it is cheaper, and more comfortable.
In the smart room we were renting in the library there were a bunch of math equations on the wall and Ayni tried to explain them to me. She was a geology engineer back in Turkey, meaning she worked with oil and petroleum and how they affect the surface of the Earth. Math is easy for her, and she had fun laughing at me trying to understand the math concepts (I am a history person!).
The students are very fortunate to have you all as tutors. Great work!
ReplyDeleteMore power to her for being so good at Math!!! I'm an English person as you are a history person! :)
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