Taylor TP #13

Taylor Simpson
TP #13
Atomic Coffee
10/23/14

The other day I met with Ademir at Atomic Coffee. He has been studying for the TOEFL a lot because the first test is on Friday. I asked him which section was the most difficult for him and how I could help him prepare for that section. The structure and written expression is the most challenging section for him. In this section there is a sentence with four underlined words or phrases, the students are supposed to choose the underlined word or phrase that is incorrect. On his last practice test he got 25 out of 40 correct so we decided to do another practice test to figure out why it was giving him so much trouble. After doing a few problems I noticed a pattern, he seemed to always miss the problems that had incorrect subject/verb agreement, so we started focusing on these problems. I explained the grammar rule behind it, modeled the pattern, and gave him lots of examples to practice on. By the end of the session he was much more successful at finding the errors in the sentence so I hope he remembers this session when he takes the TOEFL.