Breanna TS #12

Date/Time: 5/31/16 12:20 PM

Location: Books-A-Million

Topic/Skill: Pronunciation/adding “the” to proper nouns

Feedback provided to tutee: I realized Ki was using “the” in front of some proper nouns that did not need “the” in front of them. For example, “the Korea,” or “the Books-a-Million.” There is no clear-cut rule as to when “the” can and cannot be used, however we went over some examples. For instance, we talked about if he was stating a specific BAM location, then he could say, “Let’s met at the BAM on Thomasville road.” After BAM is specified, then he can say, “Let’s meet at BAM.” We discussed places like, “The White House,” and “The Eiffel Tower,” and how “the” is part of their title, but how places like Florida State University and Death Valley do not have “the” in their title, so you should not add “the” to them.

Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I have learned I have to be stern with Ki in regard to making him pay attention to my error correction. He really likes taking notes of my corrections on his phone but he does not care to practice or fix what I have corrected. I have learned to wait until he is done typing his corrections on his phone to make him repeat after me the correct pronunciation of words. I can’t let his stubbornness affect my teaching.