Observation Two

During my second week of observation I observed two different tutors.  With the first tutor, the first student failed to bring his assignment with him.  The tutor made sure that the student understood how important it was that the assignment be bought into the lab.  The prompt is needed in order for the tutor to make sure the student is answering all of the professors questions.  This student struggled a great deal with word form.  Many times throughout his paper he would use a word in it's noun form instead of the verb form and so on.  The student and tutor collaborated together by going through the paper and correcting the students errors with word form.  After the completed this the tutor gave the student work sheets to take home and work on.  I really liked that fact that the tutor did this.  The tutor assured the student that with practice he would eventually get the right word forms.  There was definitely a language barrier.  Both the tutor and student had accents and many times throughout the session the student became frustrated because he was unable to get his points across and at times did not understand the tutor.  For the most part the students paper was good, and whatever parts the tutor felt were weaker, both him and the student worked together to make it better.  They brainstormed together to come up with better points.  The tutor made sure to push the student to read as much as possible.  He wanted the student to know that to improve yourself as a writer, you must be a reader.  This made so much sense to me, and when the tutor said it you could tell that the student realized the truth to it. 
With the second student the tutor had worked with him prior to this session.  The student handed in a paper and bought it back with some feedback from his professor.  The tutor read the paper and read the professors comments.  The student had already made some changes so they went over those changes and made sure that the student answered the professors concerns.  This student had already done must of the work on his own and just wanted a tutor to read over his paper.  They worked on the conclusion together.