I’m tutoring a 5th grader for Eiken 2 and we’ve really hit a roadblock with the reading sections. He’s bombing the fill in the correct sentence readings ( 0 for this on his last Eiken try) and the long form readings (about half correct).
When we were working on Pre-2, I noticed he had a habit of just focusing on matching key words between the question and reading, and choosing his answers based on that. We were able to overcome this a bit after I made him explain why he was choosing his answer, and showing me exactly where in the text he got the answer. His reading improved, but now with the increased difficulty of Eiken 2 it feels like we’re back to square one.
He can understand the words individually, but when trying to understand the sentence as a whole he gets completely lost. I feel like I keep giving him the answers since I have to walk him through nearly every question now. I can’t pinpoint if it’s a vocabulary, grammar, or reading skill issue. Does anyone have any advice or strategies on how to approach this? He does study a lot on his own, and goes to Juku- we work together once a week for an hour and a half. Any help would be appreciated!
by Kyuubabe