GIS Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 My wife and I live close to a Chinese buffet we frequent and made a couple friends there. A few of the employees would like to learn English from us. Any current or former ESL teachers that can give us a few tips on some good ways to approach the lessons? very much appreciated Link to comment
dnoblett Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 I have not taught it, but my wife has taken several classes. The first one focused on reading comprehension, the teacher had her read several novels, she had to keep a double entry journal of what she read. Double Entry Journal Other classes focused on speech, she had to give a couple of speaches in the class. Anytime she had classes that required writing, I would have her write report triple space, I would the do corrections in the report and have her study the corrections. Other times I would have her read the report out laud asking her to listen to what she is saying. Link to comment
Randy W Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 Hate to say it, but "Google is your friend" - try TOEFL (Teaching of English as a Foreign Language and ESL.You'll find MUCH more than you could ever wade through on your own. Link to comment
Mick Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 For restaurant employees, the first important lesson is to learn how to say to you: "It's on the house." Link to comment
Rob and WeiLing Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 This is about a month late, but maybe it's still relevant. My wife had some prior English experience in school, but what she remembered was nothing more than "Hello" and literally "san-ku-yu" (as she was originally taught). When WeiLing found a Chinese person to tutor her English in China, she studied out of a set of New Concept English (NCE) books, level one. A few of our Chinese friends that speak very good English swear by this series, one of whom is now in graduate school in America. Having watched WeiLing study from this, the results are pretty impressive; though I must say we paid for a tutor for 2hours/day, 4days/week, and WeiLing spent her free time practicing, endlessly writing words, etc. The only problem: all of the pronunciations and spellings are British. I commonly tell WeiLing to put more emphasis on the ending "R" sounds in words. (For example, British would say "Robert" as "Robeht"). Link to comment
dnoblett Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 This is about a month late, but maybe it's still relevant. My wife had some prior English experience in school, but what she remembered was nothing more than "Hello" and literally "san-ku-yu" (as she was originally taught). When WeiLing found a Chinese person to tutor her English in China, she studied out of a set of New Concept English (NCE) books, level one. A few of our Chinese friends that speak very good English swear by this series, one of whom is now in graduate school in America. Having watched WeiLing study from this, the results are pretty impressive; though I must say we paid for a tutor for 2hours/day, 4days/week, and WeiLing spent her free time practicing, endlessly writing words, etc. The only problem: all of the pronunciations and spellings are British. I commonly tell WeiLing to put more emphasis on the ending "R" sounds in words. (For example, British would say "Robert" as "Robeht").Oh yes, I know the NCE books well, my wife has a collection of them! Link to comment
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