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Mike_2003
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
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Location: Bucharest, Romania
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 Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:16 pm Post subject: Tutoring children |
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Greetings,
Does anyone have any experience of private tuition with children (7-16)? Any suggestings/advice/links on successful techniques, lesson planning and exercises would be gratefully received.
Regards,
Mike |
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ls650
Joined: 10 May 2003
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Location: British Columbia
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:21 am Post subject: Re: Tutoring children |
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| Mike_2003 wrote: |
Does anyone have any experience of private tuition with children (7-16)? Any suggestings/advice/links on successful techniques, lesson planning and exercises would be gratefully received.
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Yes - though I'm not sure I have much useful advice to give you.
Right now I'm teaching conversation to two teens: a brother and sister whose family is moving to an English-speaking country in late June. Their skill level is pre-intermediate. I find it's difficult for me to dream up interesting topics for conversation with two young teens, so I rely heavily on a good textbook and my library of supplementary materials. |
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Roger
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 10:12 am Post subject: |
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There are two options:
a) Supervise them at their homework;
b) do something inspired; don't force them to do "adult" dialogues!
Do something that involves activities and using the lingo; for instance
PE, drawing, give them lessons on other subjects in English, for
example on geography, climates, the weather, etc.
A friend of mine teaches 3 youngsters how to cook, and on occasion
how to run a household - of course, this is very intensive and also
causes some costs, but the kids are rewarding my friend with an
incredible enthusiasm. |
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