Tutor-session structure
Turn an open-ended tutor chat into focused speaking practice
If you understand much more than you can say, a free conversation can become repetitive. Give each session one topic, five useful sentences, and one reformulation task so the tutor can focus on production rather than filling time.
Build the free rehearsal
Before the session
Bring one topic and five sentences
- Choose one ordinary topic you may actually discuss with family.
- Draft five short sentences from your own experience without adding private family details.
- Ask the tutor, as a trusted speaker, to review meaning, register, and the intended family variety.
- Prepare one reviewed clarification line for moments when you lose the thread.
During the session
Use a repeatable 20-minute sequence
- Minutes 0-4: say the five sentences with notes and receive concise corrections.
- Minutes 4-10: answer follow-up questions on the same topic with fewer notes.
- Minutes 10-16: reformulate two answers in a simpler or more natural way.
- Minutes 16-20: rehearse an opening, one follow-up, one clarification, and a close for a real family call.
After the session
Keep only a small private practice record
Save the reviewed five sentences, two reformulations, and one transition that still needs work. Do not paste recordings, transcripts, family names, contact details, or private stories into the planner.
No translation or proficiency score
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