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I am interested in specialising in helping speakers of Indian English (from different parts of India - there are many different accents) to speak with more of a New Zealand English accent. Certainly in this country, many people find some Indian accents all but impossible to understand. I have two qu...

"No-English" policy? Surely you mean "English only?" Try to get the three faster students on-side with you (outside the classroom). Explain your dilemma, that you want everyone in the class to succeed, and ask for their help in encouraging the slower learner, for example, ask them to each: - offer o...

This is essentially correct, I think. However,"the intonation goes up/down" is somewhat ambiguous - intonation means change in pitch , so if you are going to talk about intonation in sentences such as your examples, I think you need to discuss the intonation pattern in the whole utterance, or in a s...