Very often when I visit TNKR tutoring sessions, I will tell the
tutor and learn to ignore me. Thursday morning, it actually happened!
They ignored me!
The class was from 9:30 am-12:30 pm. This
particular duo has been meeting once a week, so this was their 8th
session. Refugees and tutors are expected to meet twice a month, but as
with this duo, many exceed that. I have heard about a few meeting two or
three times a week.
What I liked about Amy's
class is that in addition to instant correction, she led the learner to
the answers without immediately telling her. She lets her work her way
to the answer or the understanding of a particular text or word. Even
though she is studying Korean these days, she did not use any in
teaching (although, like a lot of expats and Korean language learners,
she often says "Yes" in Korean).
I have a
special feeling about particular refugee. Even though her English was
not strong, she contacted me on Facebook months ago, asking if she could
join TNKR. So it was so great to see her long vocabulary list she is
studying, to watch her so eager to learn during class, and to see her
celebrating herself whenever she understood something that had been a
mystery just moments before!
It was a
fun class, it was clear that they get along and enjoy the time they are
studying and learning together. So much so that they ignored me pretty
much for all 3 hours! I'm not complaining, because it gave me a chance
to catch up on messages and to revise my PPT for a speech the following
day...
