reflections for the past 3 vists
my name is farah and my tutee is Ron :D
i think he's quite gd at least he's been stuck with me for the whole 3 times i've to the fmily centre
yet im not sure how he feels about me (sounds weird >.<)
anyway, i tutored him chinese and maths -- multiplication and division
the first time i taught him, he too said "i hate chinese" and was hesistant in reading chinese texts
but in the end he still read them but was unable to recognise quite a number of chinese characters (including those easier ones)
however, after speaking to him i realised that his chinese is actually very good, but only when it comes to speaking using the chinese language and his command of it
for example, he was able to translate what i said in english to chinese, some of the translation he made were even better then what i came up with
moreover, when we were doing a passage where for every question, he had to choose the most suitable out of the 4 for the answer, he was able to come out with the correct answer, without even looking at the 4 options partly becasue he wasnt able to recognise them
unfortunately, he could not recognise the words even though he was able to say out the answer verbally, in the end getting all he wrong answers
hence, i tried to write hanyupinyin below each character to aid him in the pronunciation of each word, which proved quite useful since his hanyupinyin is not bad
we took quite some time, but we were able to finish the assigned assessment in the end ^^
on the second visit i didnt teach Ron much at all cos his multiplication is V.G!!!
for the third vist, it was finally my turn to teach math division
i thought i would be quite gd after the "training" we've gone through to teach multiplication questions, however that was not the case ;(
Ron already had some pirior knowldege to division, but was unable to remember the steps, much less follow the steps accordingly
i tried doing 2digit division questions first, such as 44/2 but he was unable to apply what he had learnt
so i went throught the example with him
i wrote down another 2 digit question and this time he was still unable to do it on his own
nevertheless, he was able to do it after my prompting, such as where to put, up or down? bring down or remainder?
hence throughout the entire session, he was doing the 10 division questions -- with my help
when i told Ron to do himself, he would just say he dunno how to do even without looking at the question
i guess he's just inconfident, and uncomfortable with learning new concepts
so i tried showing him an example and telling him to do the same example again -- this time competing with me and without any help
this made him more excited and i let him win, which boosted his confidence a little
however, this method made him rather dependent on examples done and given and solving it again
and when it is another example altogether, he will say "i cannot do!" again
hence i'll try providing him a step-by-step guide to solving such division questions in the form of showed examples in a booklet
i think it will be rather useful since i remembered even i myself faced difficulties in solving division questions when i was in primary school
ok .. feeling sleepy i'll continue next time
watch out for me ;D
Labels: 3.19.08, 4.02.08, 4.09.08, farah
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