Fourth, considering the aspect of professional development, this experience is not something to neglect. I undoubtedly consider my involvement at the reading council as a beneficial practice that enhanced my teaching skills. For one thing, Davis (1985), mentions that a teacher should make himself/herself available for remedial work at least once or twice a week to help students improve language skills. He considers this meaningful implication to be part of a reasonable list of actions which teachers can undertake to increase student motivation. Working with a student on a one-on-one basis helps the student to gain confidence, engages the student to take risks, improves a better relation with the teacher, and develops in the student’s mind a
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The tutoring program offered by this institution offers free, private, one-on-one lessons for adults seeking assistance in the main language skills. My knowledge of English and teaching skills was essential to tutoring the students who desired to achieve better language proficiency. Since most of the tutoring sessions are student driven, the goal is to focus on the students’ material which they bring. In addition, the students’ specific learning or literary goals must be met. The reading council benefited from my services in that I could respond to the students’ specific needs. The tutors are teamed up with students from the Eastern Quebec Learning Centre (EQLC) or with members of the Quebec City community. My first experience was to help a Spanish native speaker from the larger Quebec community, who fluently spoke English, but lacked knowledge in reading and writing. In a way, tutoring this person was similar to teaching a young child, however, his willingness to learn and his enthusiasm was palpable. Since I knew some Spanish and the sounds of that language, I could easily apply the notions learned from my class of phonetics to demonstrate the differences between both languages, which he greatly appreciated. It made him understand notions that he had not previously
The tutoring program offered by this institution offers free, private, one-on-one lessons for adults seeking assistance in the main language skills. My knowledge of English and teaching skills was essential to tutoring the students who desired to achieve better language proficiency. Since most of the tutoring sessions are student driven, the goal is to focus on the students’ material which they bring. In addition, the students’ specific learning or literary goals must be met. The reading council benefited from my services in that I could respond to the students’ specific needs. The tutors are teamed up with students from the Eastern Quebec Learning Centre (EQLC) or with members of the Quebec City community. My first experience was to help a Spanish native speaker from the larger Quebec community, who fluently spoke English, but lacked knowledge in reading and writing. In a way, tutoring this person was similar to teaching a young child, however, his willingness to learn and his enthusiasm was palpable. Since I knew some Spanish and the sounds of that language, I could easily apply the notions learned from my class of phonetics to demonstrate the differences between both languages, which he greatly appreciated. It made him understand notions that he had not previously