JackB
- 2004-09-20
Hello
If you're still in need of them, I may be able to give you some ideas
on how to help your absolute beginner get her linguistic feet wet.
As the only ESL taecher in a local Neighbourhood House I need to be
prepared teach learners ranging from near-fluent to the "real"
beginners you're seeking help with.
I've founds that absolute beginners are not that difficult to teach but they do
require a lot of patience. One obstacle is that they are invariably illiterate in
English so, unless you're willing and able to teach literacy, you're pretty-well
restricted to verbal activities.
You might get some ideas from
<http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/blabsolute_intro.htm>
And please feel free to drop me an e-mail at the above address anytime if
you'd like some more suggestions (or just moral support.)
Jack
> Hi
> I just found this board and hope someone can help me. I'm a UK
> secondary school teacher, and usually teach English children English
> language and literature, BUT a 15 year old Thai girl has just joined
> our school, and she has practically no English. I've been asked to
> take responsibility for helping her aquire enough English to manage
> in normal lessons and living in England generally. Has anyone got any
> ideas on activities that will work 1 to 1? Some years ago I taught
> EFL in Japan for a year (which is why I've been asked to take this
> on) but there I had classes of 30 plus and mostly used games, pair
> work, role plays etc - clearly these methods aren't really suitable
> in my current situation. Can any of you experts out there give me any
> tips? We currently have no other English as a second language
> students in school, so it will just be the two of us, although there
> may be an Estonian boy joining the school later, who would also join
> our lessons..
> Help! Please! :o)
Tinkerbell
- 2004-09-18
>I was in the same situation in Auckland NZ. What the expert said was that in class, instead of asking your class so many questions(no good for the thai girl), instead- expand on the vocabulary in a web format. It will fill in the blanks. I guess if you take turns-asking your English students some questions and other times, while looking at the Foreign studends do what I suggested.(time share)
Hi
> I just found this board and hope someone can help me. I'm a UK
> secondary school teacher, and usually teach English children English
> language and literature, BUT a 15 year old Thai girl has just joined
> our school, and she has practically no English. I've been asked to
> take responsibility for helping her aquire enough English to manage
> in normal lessons and living in England generally. Has anyone got any
> ideas on activities that will work 1 to 1? Some years ago I taught
> EFL in Japan for a year (which is why I've been asked to take this
> on) but there I had classes of 30 plus and mostly used games, pair
> work, role plays etc - clearly these methods aren't really suitable
> in my current situation. Can any of you experts out there give me any
> tips? We currently have no other English as a second language
> students in school, so it will just be the two of us, although there
> may be an Estonian boy joining the school later, who would also join
> our lessons..
> Help! Please! :o)
Hi
I just found this board and hope someone can help me. I'm a UK secondary school teacher, and usually teach English children English language and literature, BUT a 15 year old Thai girl has just joined our school, and she has practically no English. I've been asked to take responsibility for helping her aquire enough English to manage in normal lessons and living in England generally. Has anyone got any ideas on activities that will work 1 to 1? Some years ago I taught EFL in Japan for a year (which is why I've been asked to take this on) but there I had classes of 30 plus and mostly used games, pair work, role plays etc - clearly these methods aren't really suitable in my current situation. Can any of you experts out there give me any tips? We currently have no other English as a second language students in school, so it will just be the two of us, although there may be an Estonian boy joining the school later, who would also join our lessons..
Help! Please! :o)