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| BaronBill Triglot Senior Member United States HowToLanguages.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4690 days ago 335 posts - 594 votes  Speaks: English*, French, German Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Persian | Message 1 of 2 24 March 2014 at 11:58pm | IP Logged |
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Hi guys,
If any of you have been following my Chinese log, I've been using italki for tutoring in Mandarin about 2-3 times per week. My question is: Am I using this time wisely? I'm not questioning the value of the tutoring, only if I'm taking full advantage of the time that I have. Basically, I'm looking for any tips on how to make the most out of a tutoring session. Some are with professional teachers and some are with informal tutors (little or no teaching background). All are native speakers. Thanks in advance! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sctroyenne Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5392 days ago 739 posts - 1312 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Irish | Message 2 of 2 25 March 2014 at 12:33am | IP Logged |
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A really good tutor takes the responsibility of making sure you get the most out of
your sessions and should leave you with little doubt that it's working. You should feel like they're pushing you outside your comfort zone. If there are some that don't seem to be as good, I'd recommend dropping them (or maybe use them for some conversation practice if they're not too expensive and they're decent at correcting you). That way you can focus on one really good tutor who can get to know your strengths and weaknesses really well and continue to fine tune your lessons with them. While a good tutor should be open to using materials you want to work on (books, songs, movies, articles, etc), it shouldn't be your responsibility to source this kind of stuff. They should present you with materials that are around your level but that are still challenging. What can you do? As you come across things between sessions, prepare questions for your tutor. Be sure to do all the work they assign you. If s/he corrected you on something, work on that between sessions so that you've "mastered" it by the next one. If they point you to a certain source during a lesson (such as a newspaper, for example), feel free to look around and find other things in your down time, etc. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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