Ivy and Ariel met up with me once more at Atomic Coffee. They love it
there, which is quite all right by me. I love Atomic’s coffee. We grabbed a
table and I started working on situational scenarios with the two of them.
I
had them go over the scenarios with the various characters and had them each
listen to the other’s response. After every subject I asked them to discuss the
differences they heard in each individual’s response. Quickly they noticed that
the differences were brought on by how formal or informal you speak to a
person.
I guided conversation by asking questions like, “Would you tell your
boss that you would buy him or her lunch next time?” They would laugh and
exclaim, “No! No! Not our boss! That would be rude. I would say that to my
friend.” We tried a couple more situations and soon it was time to end our
session.
Since there are two people to tutor at once as opposed to one, time
seems to fly by much faster. Group tutoring is great when you want the students
to work off of each other. However, if your goal is to cover as much material
as possible, working one on one seems to be the best solution.
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