Gabe - TS #10

    For this session, I had prepared a couple of exercises. The first was reading exercise. The reading exercise consisted of an article about alligators I had found on the St. Mark's Wildlife Refuge website with some questions on the reading at the end. For the reading, I created a vocab sheet that defined every word that I felt would give him some trouble. I created this exercise specifically because I know that Masoud tends to struggle with reading and writing. The last couple of tutoring sessions were largely dedicated to writing, so I figured I'd give him a bit of a break.

    The other exercise I had prepared for this session was a 2 part listening exercise. This one focused on minimal pairs involving the sounds /f/ and /v/ as well as /p/ and /b/. I've noticed during the last couple of sessions that he still mixes them up quite a lot (usually only when spelling - he tends to pronounce these words correctly). I created a worksheet for him where for each number there was a minimal pair. I would also have a copy of this worksheet and for each number, I would say one of the words and he would have to identify which one I had said. The worksheet was divided into two parts, one for the /f-v/ pairs and the other for the /p-b/ pairs.

    At least, this is what I had planned for the session. Through a miscommunication, I didn't meet up with Masoud until nearly half an hour after we were supposed to and he had somewhere else he needed to be, so we only worked on the reading exercise. The reading exercise also ended up being a little too difficult for Masoud - the vocab words I had provided were words that he indeed did not know, but my definitions were not sufficient for him and I had a bit of trouble explaining them to him. We agreed he would finish it at home and we'd go over it next session. I suppose I'll do the listening exercise with him next time too.

  

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