time having a tutor. Try to be friendly in order to help the tutee lose his or her nervousness by asking the tutee how the class is going on. Use the first ten to fifteen minutes to organize, plan, and show the tutee what you are going to talk about in the session. Then, start your session by asking the tutee where he or she is having difficulty in the subject.While you are helping the tutee with the subject, try to use the three most important senses to communicate: reading, listening, and watching. According to William Glasser, we learn 10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear, 30% of what we see, and 95% of what we TEACH to someone else by using these three senses (Singer). Also, try to know what kind of person your tutee is. Is he or she left brained or right brained? As Middle Tennessee State University mentioned, Left-brained people think more linear, logical, sequential, symbolic, verbal, and are reality based; however, right-brained are more holistic, creative, random, concrete, non verbal, and fantasy oriented. (Left vs. Right Which Side Are You On?). Therefore, if you know that your tutee is left-brained, try to relate the subject to real life, recommend the tutee tape record the lecture, show the tutee the specific details and then the main ideas, show the tutee examples from the book, and suggest the tutee make an outline and lists. On the other hand, if the tutee is right-brained, you might explain questions by drawing some pictures, recommend the tutee to recopy the notes by using different colored pens, use the chalkboard, and talk about the main idea then go to specific details. In the session, you should clarify, encourage, reflect, validate, summarize, and restate what you are talking about (Arkin and Shollar 17). As Arkin and Shollar said, beginner tutors would face difficulty to answer many questions, but they shouldnt feel this disqualifies them from being tutors (99). Try to look for the answer or ask anothe...
