Tutoring Session #8/9- Daniella Sarci

Today, me and Ashwaq met for two hours to go over two different assignemnts she had. In our first session, we spent the hour working on a speech she has to give in her speaking class tomorrow. I explained the common structure for informational speeches that we use in America and provided her with an outline. Then, we filled out the outline using the information she had from class. Once we had the basic information for the speech, I worked with Ashwaq on creating her sentences for each part of the speech. Finally, we added in the transition words that her professor wanted the class to include. Once all of the parts of the speech were finished, me and Ashwaq role played the classroom scenario so she could practice the pronunciation and memorization of the speech. 

Later on in the day, we focused on the questions Ashwaq had about her upcoming grammar quiz. In this meeting, we focused on the work we did we adverbs last week. We did the practice work sheet she got to prepare for the quiz and went over some of the adverb rules that we discussed last week. Ashwaq told me that her teacher said she needs to use more difficult language so we then spent some time going over some higher level words to increase the difficulty of her sentences. Overall, I have seen a major improvement in Ashwaq's ability to use more complex grammar and sentence structure and I think that the extra practice is helping her be more comfortable with speaking. 

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