Sabrina TS#7

March 24th @ 4pm to 6pm

Taslima’s Apartment 

This session we did a lot of yes/no conversation practice. I had a few pictures pulled out on my laptop. Each image showed people doing various activities. We began the session with me asking the questions. For each picture I asked her three questions whose answer would be a yes/no. Afterwards, it was Taslima’s turn to look through the pictures and ask me questions to which I would have to answer yes or no. It was actually quite fun. I felt like this activity allowed Taslima to use more descriptive vocabulary. It also took Taslima’s attention away from correcting her grammar and directed her concentration on finding what part of the picture she would ask me about. 

Next, I pulled out a a series of yes/no interview type questions. These questions were posted on a ESL teaching website. I asked Taslima over 10 questions from here, but I told her she could not just end with yes/no. She would have to explain the alternative if she chose so. Then I asked her more conversational questions that anyone could ask her. Like, “Do you have a car? Do you drive? Do you live alone?” Again she would answer with explanation. In later part of the session, I asked Taslima to ask me ten questions she was curious about. Sometimes she had trouble with arranging her subject and object in the sentences. But I just told her to say it and then noted the errors and afterwards we reviewed the errors. Taslima would write down all the mistakes she made for her own practice. 

At the end of the session, we watched a recipe video on how to make macaroni and cheese. In this video there came words like “stir, pour, boiling over” to which Taslima had questions about. I reused these words in example sentences and had Taslima write it down. I told her to re-watch the cooking video and try to use visual aid to understand what was being instructed. Overall it was quite a fun session! I did notice that sometimes I tend to go too fast. From my perspective I think its okay but for Taslima it makes her feel lost. So I need to be more cautious about my speed and take things slow.