Blog # 16

I feel that Monday night's class help me come to a better understanding of my paper in terms of the question that I will be focusing on and how to work with ESl students when he or she is struggle with grammar. The question that I am looking at in my observation is With an ESL student who takes control of the coaching and how that might affect both the student and the tutor. Wiht the sessions that I have had so far there are many things that have happened.
Student #1
Student came into the writing center and I introduced myself and she was anxious to see me. I could tell that she was ready to get started becasue she came into the writing center with a big smile on her face. The student was in a previous class of mine. She had pulled out her laptop and have showed me her paper right away. Since she had showed me her paper right away I asked her do she mind reading the assignment sheet. She had pulled out the assignment sheet and she had read what the assignment sheet had said. After that she was in hurry to work on the paper. Sometimes I felt like I could not get her to understand what I was saying becasue she was in a hurry to get her work done. After she read her paper outloud she was not able to catch what was wrong in the sentence, since she had no idea I had her read her paper sentence by sentence so she could her what was wrong more clearly. After several attemps at pointing out the problem I felt that she was getting the point becasue she had started realizing that she is the one who has to work on the paper. She wanted me to tell her what to write instead of working on the paper. Therefore, I am not sure how she did in the session but she did say that she was coming back. I feel that sometimes the tutor has to take control exspecially when the student is in very anxious and uptight. Therefore, I feel that if she was not in a hurry to get the paper done I felt that I could have been more helpful if she had more time.
After toginight's session, I realized that with Esl students the tutors need to have patience especially when dealing with ESL students. Sometimes a tutor might have to start using low indications and then work their way up to using high indications. Tutors and students should have an equal balance in who takes control but sometimes it depends on the student and the situation. Many students who are esl students have trouble sometimes comprehending the understanding of the english language. I learned that after tognight's c;lass we should keep the students name private.