>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)