Yesterday evening, I met with my male tutee again (he would like to not be named on the web) with a different game plan in mind. After the struggle of the last session, I thought about ways I could make reading seem more fun (and writing too).
I settled (after a lot of deliberation) for a book called The Expert's Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do. This book is exactly what the title suggests-a how-to guide to 100 very practical things. It contains brief explanations of a topic by experts in the field. For example, the topic of "how to negotiate" is written by the ever controversial Donald Trump. I figured that because they were short, brief, and directly related to practical skills, they might be easier and more engaging to read.
I told my tutee that he could pick whatever topic he would like and he (of course) picked "How to Flirt" written by a woman who owns and runs a school of flirting. He was much much more engaged this time. I would stop him after every major point and check for comprehension, often asking him what he thought of the point. Does he do it himself? I also would ask him occasionally to demonstrate a point. For example, "here the author is talking about approachable body language-show me what you think approachable body language looks like." This really helped keep him interested in the material.
We had enough time to write this session; I told him to write a (very) short version of a how-to guide of his own. He could pick whatever topic he wanted. He chose to do his own version of a flirting guide, mainly listing points and then telling me why he chose them. I told him to flesh out these examples at home so we could go over them the next time we meet. It went much better this time!
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