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[nikki15]

Hello All,

I am going to start tutoring a young girl in speaking and I need to choose a book for her to study from. I am hoping I could get some good recommendations. For anyone teaching English Time or Let's Go, she is at the English Time - Let's Go 6 level.

Thanks so much!

[lifeinkorea]

I used Let's Go 6, and it is a real useless book. After 4, I don't see the point in continuing with the Let's Go series.

So, I used an English sentence pattern book. In your case, it might not be what you are looking for. However, it's more in line I think with the level if your student is in 6.

Another idea is since you want speaking, have her pick a short story instead of a textbook based book. She could read at home to understand the meaning, but work on speaking with you. She could practice just reading out loud the story, and then talk about it. She could also work on paraphrasing parts of the story and learn how to summarize chapters.

If there is another student she can study with, then it might be a good idea to include dialogues and then practice changing them to make their own story based on the original dialogue.

[nikki15]

Sorry, I don't think I was clear enough in my OP.

I work at a Hagwon and we use the English Time and Let's Go books for our regular classes for the elementary students. So she is currently studying Let's Go 6 with another teacher.

I am giving her private speaking classes (arranged through the school). So I am looking for a book focussed on speaking; asking and answering questions, partaking in simple conversations.

We do read short, easy articles together so that she can read a loud and work on summarizing, etc. But your storybook idea is good. I think I can choose a sort of mini novel for her to study as well. I am just looking for more of a textbook outside of the Let's Go and English Time's.

I should also probably point out that my student is 12 years old. Our schools format goes likes this: Let's Begin to English Time 1 to Let's Go 1 to English Time 1 to Let's Go 2....etc.

[some waygug-in]

I don't know if there is such a thing. Any that I've seen are way too difficult

or way too easy.


You might be better off using something like a graded reading series and then make your own questions.

You could try something like the Easy true stories or something like

Can you believe it? But I don't know how interesting that would be for your student.

[lifeinkorea]