violetablanca
Member
- Joined
- Jan 21, 2010
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- English
- Home Country
- United States
- Current Location
- Argentina
Hello, everyone,
I have two private students who I will soon begin to tutor together. They are both university professors who will be going to live abroad in about 4 months to do research in a German university (their native language is Spanish, and they believe that it is more practical and will be easier for them to learn and use English there instead).
Their levels are about at a solid intermediate (or maybe a little higher) level. While their grammar and reading skills are fine, their conversational skills and listening skills are notably weaker. They have expressed to me that their priorities are being able to converse and and understand English not only for their work (like communicating with their director and colleagues), but also functioning on a daily basis (they mentioned some practical activities, such as opening a bank account, getting around the city, socializing, and the like).
I have a few half-developed ideas, but because I really have to make every class count because they will be leaving in four short months.
I think it's an advantageous situation, because I have 2 students to work with instead of a one-on-one situation, but I am not used to working with more than one student at a time, so any suggestions or ideas are very, very welcome!
Thank you for reading!!!
I have two private students who I will soon begin to tutor together. They are both university professors who will be going to live abroad in about 4 months to do research in a German university (their native language is Spanish, and they believe that it is more practical and will be easier for them to learn and use English there instead).
Their levels are about at a solid intermediate (or maybe a little higher) level. While their grammar and reading skills are fine, their conversational skills and listening skills are notably weaker. They have expressed to me that their priorities are being able to converse and and understand English not only for their work (like communicating with their director and colleagues), but also functioning on a daily basis (they mentioned some practical activities, such as opening a bank account, getting around the city, socializing, and the like).
I have a few half-developed ideas, but because I really have to make every class count because they will be leaving in four short months.
I think it's an advantageous situation, because I have 2 students to work with instead of a one-on-one situation, but I am not used to working with more than one student at a time, so any suggestions or ideas are very, very welcome!
Thank you for reading!!!