On 4/25/2021, seven members of the Syosset AYLUS (Leo Cheng, John Thach, Ryan Leung, Alan Huang, Emily Lin, and Greene Xue, Jasmine Chen) taught a ninety-minute English class to multiple newly immigrated high school students with varying degrees of proficiency in English.
In class, there were 3 classes with 3 levels; Intro (Ryan and Greene), Intermediate (Alan, Leo and Emily), and Advanced (John, Jasmine).
The intermediate class tutors Leo Cheng, Alan Huang and Emily Lin moved on to the Progress check of Unit 7 and 8 which summed up the units. Then “Celebirthsary” which was a video of the unit of celebrations was presented which helped the listening and comprehension proficiency of the students using the questions the tutors created. Then, a review of grammar and conjugations were brought up using slides from previous lessons.
Student tutors Jasmine Chen and John Thach taught the advanced English proficiency course for AYLUS Syosset’s online ESL tutoring class. This class, upon completion of Cambridge’s 3A, Fifth edition Interchange textbook, the students watched student-made films, taking notes and providing their own commentary about the film. Afterwards, various question prompts were provided for the students to answer on a Jamboard. These answers were discussed with the rest of the class, with each individual student being encouraged to talk to each other. This activity served the purpose of allowing classmates to get to know each other better, as well as for them to practice their speaking abilities. Example questions which were asked include: “What’s your ideal way to celebrate your birthday” and “what is one thing you want to get better at,” among others.
In the intro level class taught by Ryan Leung and Greene Xue, students were taught a lesson about food and ordering in restaurants. A new program, peardeck, was used to make the lesson more engaging, allowing students to draw, interact, and answer questions on slideshows. Students started off by brainstorming about what food they enjoy. This was then followed up by a video about different food cultures, complete with video-based questions. Students read several passages that included hypothetical role plays and informational articles on ordering food. Students also learned about how to use so, too, either and neither, as well as the modal verbs will and would.
The following 7 students volunteered in today’s tutoring program: John Thach(1.5 hours), Leo Cheng (1.5 hours), Alan Huang(1.5 hours), Ryan Leung (1.5 hours) Jasmine Chen(1.5 hours), Emily Lin, and Greene Xue(1.5 hours).
