FSU TEFL 120 Summer 2_2022

Date/Time/Location: Saturday, 20 August at 6:05am AEST (Zoom) Session: Fall 2022 Session 5 Student: Dongwoon Kang I am very proud of Dongwoon’s advancement!    He is beginning to understand the difficult levels of grammar, with respect to,article application.    We recapped some advance sentences to reinforce the concepts learned last session.   Additionally, Dongwoon did an outstanding job with his assigned Fieldwork Exercise 2 with minimal correction.    He even corrected himself as he read one of the sentences!    I pop quizzed Dongwoon on idioms to test for retention.    His ability to recall the meanings was still upper intermediate, but there is still room to improve.   Another great aspect of today’s session was that I was able to introduce the Speech Act of polite refusal of a phone call.    I was able to leverage the advanced article sentence during our recap segment. Overall, great session!  ...

Date/Time/Location: Wednesday, 10 August at 8:15am AEST (Zoom) Session: Fall 2022 Session 3 Student: Youngsun Kim Another great session with Youngsun!    I am impressed at how her confidence has evolved from our first session in June.   Today, we recapped some of the ESL concepts from last session while introducing more topics centered on Campus Social Pragmatics.    Youngsun provided her research writing sample and I was able to provide written back.    Her rearchitect topic is not only scholarly, it is intriguing!   I announced to Youngsun that I’ll be giving her some Australian, New Zealand, and Philippine University tours via Zoom.    She was so exciting to be a part of my travel journey!

Date/Time/Location: Wednesday, 3 August at 8:05am AEST (Zoom) Session: Fall 2022 Session 1 Student: Youngsun Kim This morning we kicked off the first TS for Fall 2022!    I am so glad to tutor Youngsun again.    She was so delighted to continue these sessions with me. This week, we covered some very interesting paralinguistic aspects of ESL such as Campus Social Pragmatics.    I was also able to incorporate Speech Acts and Critical Incident topics that were relevant to Youngsun’s pursuit of doctoral studies. To that end, I was able to provide Youngsun with some resources/contacts to aid her on the journey.    Another great session!

Date/Time/Location: Tuesday, 9 August at 7:05am AEST (Zoom) Session: Fall 2022 Session 2 Student: Dongwoon Kang This morning we kicked off the first TS for Fall 2022!    I am so glad to tutor Dongwoon again.    He was so delighted to continue these sessions with me! Today, we continued our discussions regarding idioms and vocabulary words while introducing Articles (definite and indefinite).    Initially, Dongwoon encountered some challenges with understanding the rules to apply for each article (a, an, the)during the session. I was able to effectively instruct him to apply each rule to ensure his sentence structure is grammatically sound.    Dongwoon indicated that he understood how to apply the articles at the conclusion of the session. To that end, I assigned him a Fieldwork Exercise to complete before our next session to reinforce the grammar concepts.    Dongwoon also indicated that he has excelled in CIES and transitioned to anothe...

Date/Time/Location: Tuesday, 26 July at 5:00am AEST (Zoom) Student: Dongwoon Kang This session covered speech presentation.    Initially, Dongwoon’s speech was not as polished    due to a few grammatical errors and pronunciation challenges. As the session progressed, we focused on Minimal Pairs, Pronunciations, and Vocabulary Words.    Fluency through repetition was critical for Dongwoon at this stage of developing his ESL skills. At the conclusion of the session, Dongwoon felt more confident about the contents of his speech and his ability to deliver it effectively.

Date/Time/Location: Friday, 29 July at 5:00am AEST (Zoom) Student: Dongwoon Kang This was another great session with Dongwoon!    We were able to discuss feedback on his speech in Mr. Flemming’s class.    I was really impressed with Dongwoon’s rapid improvement! After the Intonation and Pronunciation Dictations, I noticed that Dongwoon demonstrated confidence and effective grammar writing and speaking skills when delivering his speech assignment.    Wow!  I am very proud of him and it is very rewarding to witness his improvement.