I met with Ayzy Hernandez for our first tutoring session and
she was very shy. She was in first grade and definitely a level 1/beginner in
English, as her first language was Spanish. It was hard to tell where she was
at with her speaking skills because she was very quiet and would answer me by
nodding her head or saying as little as possible. I don’t think her guardian
spoke any English at all so it was very difficult to ask him what she knew and
what she didn’t know. I started with the same alphabet workbook as I did with
Jake, but he seemed to be further along than Ayzy was. She could trace the
letters and copy them, but she wouldn’t answer me when I asked what words
started with the letter. I tried to ask her where she was from and basic
questions about her life but she said very little. I think it was partially
from the shyness and partially from the language barrier.
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