Hey there everyone! I have been really slacking on my blog posts, so watch out the for the influx of about 10 posts from me in the next couple days.
I didnt post an observation of my first solo consulting hour. It It was with an ESL student who was new to the writing center. Her construction of standard english was pretty impressive, as she even still using Chinese for typing on her laptop. I felt bad as a tutor because I did not help her with the overall paper, as she just wanted help making sure her verb tenses were correct and she had commas in the correct places. One problem area that we discussed was the conjugation of the verb "to be." I can completely understand how this could be a trouble area for anyone new to English because of all the silly rules governing everything. (I personally still have momentary lapses in "be" conjugations when speaking or writing german) I also felt rather hurried because she came in a little over an hour before her paper was due.
Although this session did not make me feel like an accomplished writing tutor, it managed to break the proverbial ice for my anxieties over flying completely solo.
Will post more observations soon.
-Kass
2 comments:
Don't count my slang against me
in retrospect those posts never did come...maybe on a 2 month delay
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