Mary_TP2

My second tutoring partner was David. He has a huge personality and gregarious nature. We met in the lounge and he explained to me that he was studying to improve his scores on the TOEFL in order to TA a chemistry class this year. He said the odds were against him and he really needed my help. I don’t know much about TOEFL, specifically what it’s standards are and what it looks for in the student responses. I asked him what his biggest weakness was, and he told me it was the speaking portion. I was surprised, because conversationally he could speak very well. I asked him the standard way in which the speaking is administered and he said it is usually a response to a prompt. I ran a few prompts off the top of my head: “Explain your favorite hobby” etc. His responses were broad and repetitive. Looks like I need to do a lot of research so I can help!