Elle TS #16

Date/Time: May 22, 4:00-5:00pm Location: Zoom meeting Feedback provided to tutee: For the session with my first tutee, we did a set of twenty abstract words like ambiguous, inherent, subtle, profound, paradox, and elusive. The exercises helped my tutee to choose the more precise wording, fix common usage errors, and use each word naturally in speaking responses on policy, identity, and ethics. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I learned that abstract vocabulary requires a different kind of practice than concrete vocabulary, more explanation was required along with context. 

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