TS Blog #8: Je-Won

 02/04/25 8pm zoom 

Topic practiced: talking about topics the is familiar with - instruments, music; making definitions similar to the ones in crossword puzzles 

Corrections given to tutee: corrections on tenses of verbs -- saying "im finished"not "i finish" ; Je-Won misunderstood the assignment -- we were gonna write definitions and then guess each others words (by giving definitions) as a game. He wrote sentences based on phrases i gave him as recommendations to use in his definitions.Phrases you can use to define: 

  1. You use it for…
  2. You find this in…
  3. You put this…
  4. You play this…
  5. This is a…
  6. This is something you…

 He wrote these sentences: 

  1. you use it for play instrument                         2. you find this music instrument store      3. you put this be shaped into long rectangle                                                   4. you play it a press the keydoard           5. this is a consisting of 88 keys.                 6. this is something you consists of white and black
When I realized he misunderstood the assignment we didn't have much time left, so I went through the sentences he had made and corrected those with him and explained grammatical reasoning. 

Corrections for tutor: this game seemed a little too advanced for Je-Won. I think after he realized his mistake he understood it but I still think it might have been a little too advanced. 

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