Experience
Even though I have no experience in tutoring, however, I think that I can relate to the coaching experience I have during my secondary school days where I helped my peers whom are weaker in their Chinese Language.
Hence, what I first do will be to find out areas where the student is weak in, then set that component as a priority. To give one example, if the student is weak in oral, then I will provide him with additional materials such as textbooks or some articles from assessment books to read. In this case, I will coach the student to pay attention to punctuation, how to be more expressive when reading certain sentences which requires emotions. At the end of each article, I will also encourage the student to express his/her view on the article, sort of a reflection. I believe that in this way, it can help to stimulate more thinking and analytical skill in the student, while encouraging him/her to be more verbal. However, if the student is weaker in writing or remembering Chinese character, I will write down all the characters as a spelling list and test him/her on the next tuition session.
As for how I am going to conduct my lesson, I will use the first half hour on any homework or school work that was assigned to the student and that he/she had required help in. After that, I will move on to the component he/she is weaker in (Writing, Oral or Han Yu Ping Ying). After that, I will then assign homework to be completed for the next tuition session.
Though I might be new to tuition, however, I really hope that with the knowledge that I have acquired from my course of study, I will be able to assist the student to learn as much as possible. In addition, I am confident to overcome any obstacles with patience, determination and tenacity. Hence, I really hope to given an opportunity to try out on this job. Thank you.
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