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Using games, songs and role-plays can help children learn English without too much pressure. During these activities, generally the best thing for a teacher to so is to stand back and let students to do their performance. However, I find it is hard to avoid interfering. I often use stories to help s...

In my country, elementary school students will learn English in their 5th year. However, many children will learn English at cram schools before school teachers teach them. My mom wants me to teach my brother to help him do a better job at school.

It’s extremely difficult to teach my own brother English. It seems that all teaching strategies are useless to him. At first, I liked to use songs, puppet plays, fresh cards and games to evoke his interest. Then I found that he would take out his own toys and ignore me. After my first failure, I dec...