Amanda Kellenbarger
Experienced tutor helping for grade improvement




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Amanda Kellenbarger
Bachelors degree
/ 55 min
Amanda graduated from Drake University


English tutor specialities
Writing assistance
Listening skill
Homework help
Grammar fundamentals
Speaking fluency
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ESL concepts taught by Amanda
The Student and Tutor reviewed Spanish vocabulary related to pets and their care, along with grammatical concepts like the subjunctive mood and idiomatic expressions. The Student practiced constructing sentences and discussing personal experiences with animals, and they planned to continue their conversation in the next session.
Idiomatic Expressions and Colloquialisms
Spanish Vocabulary: Describing Pets and Their Care
False Friends in Spanish
Subjunctive Mood in Spanish
The tutor and student engaged in a Spanish language lesson, focusing on expanding vocabulary related to achievements and personal narratives. They practiced sentence construction, verb conjugations in various past tenses, and pronoun usage. The session concluded with a plan to continue practicing these skills in future lessons.
Spanish Object Pronouns
Spanish Verb Endings: -ando and -iendo
Spanish Past Participles: -ado and -ido
Spanish Imperfect Tense (Pretérito Imperfecto)
The Tutor and Student extensively reviewed Spanish grammar, focusing on direct and indirect object pronouns, their placement, and the 'personal a' rule. They practiced sentence construction and verb conjugation, including progressive tenses, to improve conversational flow. The session concluded with a discussion on effective communication in Spanish and the Student's decision regarding future lessons.
Conditional "Preferir"
Direct and Indirect Objects
Personal 'a'
Pronoun Placement (Direct & Indirect Objects)
Duplication of Indirect Objects
The Student and Tutor practiced Spanish grammar, identifying future tense verbs and their infinitives from a text. They then worked on forming future predictions about fictional characters, focusing on the correct use of indirect object pronouns for actions that happen *to* someone, and applied these pronouns to express physical pain in the future tense.
Revisiting Past Tenses: Preterite vs. Imperfect
Identifying Verb Infinitives
Common Connectors and Phrases
Forming Simple Future Tense Predictions
Indirect Object Pronouns (IOPs) with Future Tense
The Student and Tutor practiced Spanish preterite verb conjugations for both regular and irregular verbs, enhancing understanding through verb identification in a story and structured sentence building. They also engaged in a conversational 'Guess Who' game to practice question formation. The Student was encouraged to practice Spanish during an upcoming vacation.
Asking and Answering Personal Questions
Soccer/Football Vocabulary & Story Comprehension
El Pretérito: Irregular Verbs
El Pretérito: Regular Verb Conjugation
Context for Preterite vs. Present
The session involved a Spanish lesson where the Student and Tutor first reviewed vocabulary related to rooms and furniture in a house. They then introduced and extensively practiced the preterite (simple past) tense for regular -AR, -ER, and -IR verbs, as well as common irregular verbs like 'ser', 'ir', 'estar', and 'tener'. The lesson concluded with the Student converting a present-tense text into the preterite tense as a practical exercise.
Spanish Home & Furniture Vocabulary
El Pretérito (Simple Past) for Regular -AR Verbs
El Pretérito (Simple Past) for Regular -ER and -IR Verbs
Highly Irregular Pretérito Verbs: Ser
Ir
Tener
Estar
Contextual Application of El Pretérito
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