Isik TS #4 with Mitchell Hudson

Tutoring Section 4 with Mitchell Hudson

Date/Time: March 22, 2016/ 10:50 a.m.-11:50 a.m.

Location: CIES

Topic/Skill: Grammar Rules/ Find the grammar mistakes on my cover letter

Feedback provided to tutee: Mitchell pointed my repeated grammar mistakes. We practiced a proof-reading of my cover letter. He explained my grammar mistakes.

Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: During the proof-reading of my cover letter, I realized that I wrote “in” before the name of university. I should write “at” instead of “in. One of collective nouns is “faculty”. It can be used as an adjective such as “a faculty member.”  “Maximum” as a noun takes “of”; for example, “a maximum of 180 students.” “Experience” as a verb takes different propositions; “I experience at Valdosta State University” and “I have experience in the field of teaching.”

I learned two verb idioms for my cover letters.  It is better to say “I would welcome an opportunity to expand on my qualifications for this position” instead of “I would welcome an opportunity to more fully describe my qualifications for this position.” It is also better to say “This academic position will give me an opportunity to carry out my teaching skills” instead of “this academic position will give me an opportunity to continue to improve my teaching skills.”