Samuel and I met today from 2:55-4:15 in a room at CIES for our second tutoring session. Since he said he needed help with conversational skills, we discussed his assignment for one of his classes. His homework was to write something about his country (Colombia) and then to read what he'd written at the next class. We focused our discussion on coming up with ideas and decided some of the best information included on: Climate, Economy, Music, Education System, Government, Religion, Race, Food, and Sports. As he spoke about his country using these categories I corrected his pronunciations and grammar.
I was also aware- based on my previous assessment and interactions with Samuel- that he needed help with correct preposition use. We did several activities relating to prepositions, including fill-in-the-blanks and asking him before/after questions (e.g.- 'Does January come BEFORE February or AFTER February?'). We especially focused on on/in questions, as he noted he has problems with those two.
I concluded the session by having him tell me how his three favorite sports are played. This was an opportunity for Samuel to BOTH use prepositions AND have a conversation in the process.
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