Objectives
- Baseline in listening, speaking, discussion, reading, and short writing.
- Read-aloud baseline (Passage D ×5, including numbers and units).
Teacher script
- Tutor: “How has your week been? Tell me one thing from your classes.”
- Tutor: “Today’s focus is Diagnosis & goal setting. Read the key terms aloud, then tell me which ones are new.”
- Tutor: “Explain this idea as if I were one of your students. Our goal is to baseline in listening, speaking, discussion, reading, and short writing..”
- Tutor: “What is your view? Give one reason, then ask me a follow-up question.”
- Tutor: “Let’s name two strengths, one next step, and the practice you will complete before our next session.”
Target expressions
- I teach computational physics, modern physics and an inquiry project course.
- I'd like to talk more naturally with my colleagues.
- What I enjoy most about teaching physics is ___.
- I think ___, but I'm not sure.
- Could you give me an example?
- That's an interesting question.
Activities
- Listening: 1–2 min clip on conservation of momentum + short casual exchange.
- Interview: classes, students, interest in AI and digital education.
- Discussion sample (5 min): 'Should every student learn to code?'
- Reading: textbook paragraph on the photoelectric effect; 3 questions.
- Writing: 3–4 sentences explaining a graph (kept short).
Materials
- Passage D + Recording Sheet
- Physics clip
- Reading paragraph
- Simple graph
Homework
Read the Session 2 term list aloud ×3; note 3 things to talk about with a new colleague.
What to record
CEFR estimate per skill; discussion: turn-taking and agreeing/disagreeing; WPM, mispronunciations (numbers, units, formulas), linking; agreed goals.