It was very excited to put on the use the tutoring theories and strategies we have been learning for this class-ENG 099. The student I worked with was freshly from high school and a well off family. She does not have any work experience. Her mother is a full time mom and her father is the bread winner. She had a a short page's draft and came with a full page of comments from her professor. Like other young adult students, who lack life and work experience, her writing is trapped by the face value of the article. I knew we had about 40 mins to work with so I initialed the session by going through the article. I stopped at where I would like her attention (toward the end) and skimmed through other parts. I guided her to the part that contained the main ideas of the article. I adopted the Social Constructionism theory and acted as a coach to enable the tutee to take a step forward and explore a new picture of the article. After a few discussion about the author's ideas, she actually discard her old version of writing and incorporated a new idea into her new draft as a result of the dialogue. She has a little problem understanding the conflicting nature between employers and employees. Lots of things seem as new concepts to her. For this type of young adult, and the time constraints, I spent a good amount of time discussing the concepts that are new to her. I also made time discussing the structure of her writing and the contextual evidence she may have to develop in order to support her claim.
I knew it is unpopular to adopt the Teacher-centered tutoring, but in fact, it helps to deal with some less motivated young students with the time constraints involved. It allows the tutor get to the point before the clock stops.
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