GOAL 4: Gain competence in dealing with difficult tutoring situations Read the information about Difficult Tutoring Situations provided for tutors at . (You could also ask advice from more experienced tutors or your advisor). What is the best way to respond in the following situations? Explain your response in some detail. A student comes in to the TLC. She tells you right away that the is only reason she’s there because her teacher made her come. During the to session she doesn’t seem willing participate. When you ask her a question she shrugs and says you the – “Aren’t one that’s supposed to know? If you help me, what can’t am I doing here?” A student has booked a tutoring appointment for one hour. He brings in 2 different assignments and insists that he needs help with both. After looking at the assignments, it becomes clear that you will have time to work on both assignments within the hour allotted. there’s little chance While working on an assignment with a tutee, you see that the tutee has a lot of errors in their work. Knowing that you cannot make the corrections for the student, you try to encourage the student to revise their work, but the student just keeps saying “I don’t know”, “I hate this”, “I’ll never get to fail, maybe I should just drop the it”, “I’m going course”. GOAL 5: Develop your grammar skills
GOAL 4: Gain competence in dealing with difficult tutoring situations Read the information about Difficult Tutoring Situations provided for tutors at . (You could also ask advice from more experienced tutors or your advisor). What is the best way to respond in the following situations? Explain your response in some detail. A student comes in to the TLC. She tells you right away that the only reason she’s there is because her teacher made her come. During the session she doesn’t seem willing to participate. When you ask her a question she shrugs and says – “Aren’t you the one that’s supposed to know? If you can’t help me, what am I doing here?” A student has booked a tutoring appointment for one hour. He brings in 2 different assignments and insists that he needs help with both. After looking at the assignments, it becomes clear that there’s little chance you will have time to work on both assignments within the hour allotted. While working on an assignment with a tutee, you see that the tutee has a lot of errors in their work. Knowing that you cannot make the corrections for the student, you try to encourage the student to revise their work, but the student just keeps saying “I don’t know”, “I hate this”, “I’ll never get it”, “I’m going to fail, maybe I should just drop the course”. GOAL 5: Develop your grammar skills
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