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Sounds like you are really dedicated in helping her. Given that the interview will most probably be a straight out assessment of language ability I would do lots of speaking practice focusing on accuracy of especially the past tense. If, as you say, she is making errors with the past tense I feel th...

That Englipedia site's great! Just added it to my custom search tool.

Melissa

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My two favourite pronunciation books are as follows: English pronunciation in use Pronunciation practice activities (links show Amazon description) I own the second one but haven't gotten around to buying the first one - you should be able to find one or both books at a library if they have an ESL s...

Thanks for sharing those great ideas. I've added it to my search tool below.

Melissa

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Have you tried looking at resources on iteslj.org? This may be a good starting point.

Melissa

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Hi there,

I had a similar situation about a year ago - so I have much empathy for your situation!

I found this book of activities for beginners really helped.

Beginners: Resource Books for Teachers

Melissa


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I used to teach at a program where low-literacy native speakers and migrant ESL students were mixed in the same program and we had quite a few dislexic students. Two things that seemed to help the dislexic students in their reading were green-coloured paper (it was easier to read than white) and spe...

Nice idea about scanning textbook pages. If you get audio as well as visual display, you might consider playing clips from the Australia Network or BBC learning English website. I have had good success with these. If you don't get sound, maybe PowerPoint might help "mix things up". I've never used t...

I'm in a similar situation - I teach late teenage and early twenties students who are often "too cool for school". The best way I've found is to get them motivated is to get them involved in a "project". I'm doing a web-based project, but perhaps you could have the students create a story while they...

For a Friday afternoon or last day of term, I like to play Scrabble or "Apples to Apples" - great game if you've never tried it. The cards and rules are available online.

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