Hi, everyone - Charlie here with peer tutoring tip #7!
Peer tutoring tip #7: Listening the right way.
One of your most important tasks as a successful tutor is to be an effective listener. A tutee's comments going "in one ear, and out the other" is no way to tutor. You need to engage your tutee in effective communication during the tutoring. Listen to your tutee's needs and questions during tutoring to prevent the tutoring session from turning into a lecture/classroom environment.
During tutoring, it is also important to stimulate discussion and let your tutee know that he/she is being listened to during tutoring. Ask questions, provide talking points, and answer any questions your tutee may have. Discussing the material is a great way to tutor, because you will both be working towards a better understanding of the topics at hand. Asking great questions is also a way to help the dialogue and knowledge stick in your tutee's mind so that he/she can replay it and utilize it after the tutoring has ended.
Listening and communicating also helps build tutoring rapport, because you are letting your tutee know that you are interested in his/her success. Good listening will also help you as a tutor gauge your tutee's progress, and build future sessions based on previous knowledge covered (and understood by your tutee) during past tutoring sessions.
As you can see, listening plays a huge role in peer tutoring success!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for peer tutoring tip #8, coming soon!
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