Sue Smith Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 Two of my neighbours have asked if I will help their children with their English studies. Both are girls, one just starting her second year of English classes at school and the other aged about 6/7. I've agreed to help but have been unable to access any suitable teaching materials. Would really appreciate some help and advice from any of you with knowledge/expertise in this area. Many thanks.Regards,Sue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBC Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 [quote]Two of my neighbours have asked if I will help their children with their English studies. Both are girls, one just starting her second year of English classes at school and the other aged about 6/7. I...[/quote]A friend of mine just uses the child's school text book. If not, search for TEFL sites, many of which have ideas and worksheets. If not what about Amazon.co.uk under TEFL books.Good luck, hope it goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Smith Posted September 17, 2004 Author Share Posted September 17, 2004 Thanks for the ideas, Rp. Still looking for materials, but school texts is an obvious one I hadn't thought of.Regards,Sue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 I'm sure I've seen books in supermarkets (big ones, admittedly) - I thought they were curriculum-related, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Smith Posted September 17, 2004 Author Share Posted September 17, 2004 Hi Dick,Do you mean the books that are published for kids to revise with during the holidays? I intend to have a look at those the next time we visit a reasonably sized supermarket. Thanks for the post. regards,Sue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue56 Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 Hi SueWhen I began to teach my children French I started with pre-school resources. These I all obtained free from the net. English activities are widely available just search under "pre-school activities" and it comes up with a whole list of sites. What may be pre-school for an English child isn't so for a French child who is just getting to grips with the English language. At our nursery school we make up books on themes with activities to complete and use games and songs to help them remember the words. My own children (above pre-school age now) learn/retain far more French through play than sitting down writing and reading. Best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deby Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 Hi Sue,I highly recommend www.onestopenglish.com It has absolutely loads of free downloadable material. My advice is look at what the girls' teacher is trying to teach them i.e. what tense/verbs/role play etc and just use the excercises provided as a resource. They also provide teaching tips and teachers critiques as well. It really is a very useful site and I particularly like using role plays if there are more than one student.Good luckDeby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Smith Posted September 18, 2004 Author Share Posted September 18, 2004 Hi Sue and Deby,Many thanks for the help and suggestions. Thanks to all the replies I've received, I really am beginning to get somewhere now. There are some lovely people on this forum!Regards,Sue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cjb Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 I'd recommend that with the younger child that you focus more on spoken english. Using plenty of flashcards and props (fruit, vegetables etc...) to support her learning. What french children tend to really miss out on when learning English is the spoken part of the language. Once she gets to college she'll encounter the written (more formal) approach to learning the language. Best of luck,Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxtrot Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 Sue,I'm in the situation where I try and keep my own kids interested in English. Here are a couple of links that I've found very useful (I've got 2 boys of 5 and 6...):http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/4_11/literacy.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtmlhttp://www.learningpage.com/http://www.literacymatters.com/resources.html#year1Hope they may help.Katie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Smith Posted September 20, 2004 Author Share Posted September 20, 2004 Hi Chris and Katie,Thanks very much for the suggestions. I'm really enjoying this now. Loads of stuff to choose from. Really looking forward to my sessions with the kids. I know I'm going to enjoy myself and I'm sure they will too.Thanks to everyone for all the help.regards,Sue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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