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santi84
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| Hot2GlobeTrotfine wrote: |
For private tutoring, at the start of which i'll have CELTA anyway, i dont imagine you sit there running grammar exercises. I'd imagine it's more of a cultural exchange, with a foundation of grammar as needed.
that said, I'm starting work as a tutor next week, part of which i was hired on to do some ESL tutoring...so we'll see.
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In that case, I would suggest making use of all available resources regarding tutoring (including this website) and any books you can get a hold of. Private tutoring is whatever the student wants - speaking, listening, reading, writing, or grammar. Often, running grammar exercises is what a student wants, depending on their goals. ESL students may be interested in conversational practice for survival purposes, but EFL students (in France, Russia, and the Middle East) can have very different goals, most likely business or university exams. I wouldn't look at EFL or ESL as a cultural exchange at all, if anything, many would argue to leave culture at the door (that one is still a hot debate). |
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Hot2GlobeTrot
Joined: 01 Sep 2009
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Location: Calgary, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:38 am Post subject: |
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| cant imagine it's too difficult to tailor exercises to a particular private student....if one wants to have fun, so be it, if the other wants to make sure he knows how not to dangle a preposition, so be it... |
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