In individual lessons, teachers have more opportunities to unlock the potential of the student, as all the time is devoted to one child. Mentors help to make individual lessons even more effective. Let's tell you what else a tutor is useful for children and parents.
A mentor is an educator who helps make learning simple, clear and accessible.
Gathers useful information about the child so that the educator can make lessons more effective
After the first lesson, the tutor will contact the parents to find out how the lesson went. No one knows the child better than mom and dad, so the tutor will ask if the child enjoyed the lesson, if it was easy, if the material was too easy, and so on. On the basis of this information, the teacher will further organize his/her lessons.
Talks about the child's progress
After the first 3 weeks of classes, the tutor will tell the parents about the child's progress: what the child is doing particularly well, and what should be paid attention to. And this is important. When parents get feedback from the teacher, they understand how their child's language learning is going.
Here's a simple example. John is learning Russian from scratch. He found it difficult to study in a group and started attending individual lessons. The teacher notes that his learning efficiency improved, but John's speaking practice began to deteriorate, as it is important for him to hear other children speak Russian. Therefore, the tutor offered two options: to combine individual and group lessons or to attend the Conversation Club. The parents chose a combination of individual and group classes. After 2 weeks John became much more confident in pronouncing words and even corrected other children. All this is thanks to the feedback from the tutor.
Familiarizes you with the thematic plan for the next 4 sessions
This helps parents to understand how fast the child is moving and to help the child learn new material. For example, if the child is learning the names of animals in the next class, parents can plan a trip to the zoo and learn the names of animals in Russian and English.
You can compare a mentor to a navigator. Every child can move without the help of a navigator, but with a navigator it is faster and easier to reach the goal.
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