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Tutoring some Chinese students
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mdan1984
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Tutoring some Chinese students
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Hello those on the Forum
I �ve been asked to tutor a few kids on Saturday. One on One. The parents say that all they expect of me is to go and sit with there kid and chat!!!!
Well that is not always easy with students in China for one they are normally quite shy and there language is limited to "Hello, How are you? I �m fine thank you, and you!
Any ideas of what I should do as their English tutor. Should I choose a topic of interest, teach them words associated with that topic and talk about it. Anyone with ideas on what a tutor can do, please let me know. Even if there is a website about this, that would be great.
The requirement of me is to go to their home, sit down with them and just have a conversation for an hour or two.
Thanks everyone.
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9 Mar 2013
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alex1968
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Conversation classes need very careful planning or you �ll run out of things to say very quickly.
I �m not sure what age group the kids are, but I �d work around topics and bring in loads of stuff...
 worksheets involving the required vocab for the topic,
maybe a song/songs (with ws)
short videos from youtube (accompanied by ws)on the topic at hand
loads of boardgames (they work wonders...the kids find them exciting -especially when you �re a sore loser to them )
card games (memories, uno to practice numbers & colours, word games, dominoes, cards with different pictures on that kids can link to tell a story etc)
teach "set dialogues" and set phrases by heart (u can �t expect them to be productive if they don �t have the language for it)
get them to make charts (eg. daily weather chart, daily food diary, daily routine chart) that they can tell you about when you next meet.) and surveys
I find "readers" help too...you learn new vocab, talk about the characters, make predictions, relate back to personal life etc.
Just have a wide range of activities with you so you always have something up your sleeve to avoid boredom. Don �t go for 2 hours...it �s too long. Do 45-50 � for younger learners, it �s more than enough time.
Well, hope I �ve been of some help (just personal experience)
Have a great WE and Good Luck
Am off to a TESOL Convention
Regards,
Alex
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9 Mar 2013
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ELOJOLIE274
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what about playing games? you have plenty of games (board games, card games, bingo...) here and you can actually learn a lot by playing games without noticing it...
for example with some board games, when you land on a square you need to say a sentence, or ask a question to your partner, or use a specific tense depending on what you work on :)
i �ve got a few games that might be suitable but i �m pretty sure you �ll find thousands here
take care!
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9 Mar 2013
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mdan1984
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Ok.
They are Chinese 6-7 year olds. Likely LOW LOW A1. Not much. Their English often doesn �t surpass "Hello, How are you? Im fine thank you, and you?" |
10 Mar 2013
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