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Sue Smith
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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.

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Sue.

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[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.

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Hi Sue

When 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.

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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 luck

Deby

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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

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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.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml

http://www.learningpage.com/

http://www.literacymatters.com/resources.html#year1

Hope they may help.

Katie

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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.

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