On 9/20/2020, six members of the Syosset AYLUS (Alan Huang, Jasmine Chen, Leo Cheng, John Trach, Ryan Leung and Emily Lin) taught a 90-minute English class to multiple newly immigrated high school students with varying degrees of proficiency in English.
The lesson consisted of three parts: reading, writing, and speaking. Leo Cheng and Emily Lin taught the reading portion. We started with a funny joke. Then we asked students to read SAT passages, corrected their incorrect pronunciations, and asked them to summarize and paraphrase the paragraphs. Meanwhile, Emily typed all the words that need further work in the Chat area for further practice. The goal of this class was to get the students to understand the different types of SAT questions so we went over and explained them.
Jasmine Chen and John Thach taught the writing portion. The tutors first reviewed concepts learned in prior classes, mainly surrounding basic English grammar. Then, they tested each student’s ability and knowledge in creating sentences, checking for understanding. The students were provided a vocab sheet of places (last two weeks were on food and clothes) and practiced pronouncing challenging words. After the lesson, tutors and students played games to reinforce English knowledge. The class was instructed in English to immerse the students in an English environment.
In the speaking section, Alan Huang and Ryan Leung first reviewed the topic of stressed syllables, such as how to identify them using three methods (clear vowel, length, and pitch) along with out loud speaking practice on how to properly stress words for their correct meanings(for example stressing OB in object is a verb while stressing the JECT in object is a noun). We then taught stressed syllables with suffixes and practiced the pronunciation of many challenging words with suffixes. Ryan also showed some surprising progress on speaking Chinese to students.
The following students volunteered in today’s tutoring program: Alan Huang (1.5 hours), Jasmine Chen (1.5 hours), John Trach (1.5 hours), Leo Cheng (1.5 hours), Emily Lin (1.5 hours) and Ryan Leung (1.5 hours).
