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  • 25-03-2009 9:21pm
    #1
    illiop
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    I have no experience or training teacher but I am working as a an au pair in Spain and one of the things I have to do is help the Children with their english. The girl is fine, it's the boy I'm having difficulty with.
    He is ten and attended an English speaking school until a year or two ago so it's not that he doesn't understand or anything it's just to try and keep his attention. At the moment he reads two or three pages of a book a loud and then I give him three or four Qs and 5-7 spellings then correct the mistakes. something that should take no more that 20 minutes often takes an hour as he is continuosly complaining and getting distracted.
    Today, to mix things up I thought I'd give him some simple anagrams and have him make sentances out of the words. This was a disastor; he simply refused to do the anagrams, claiming he couldn't (despite the fact he got them quick enough when I threatened dictation instead) and I had to fight tooth and nail to make him write sentances that made sense and didn't involve a swear word. I also suspect he may have a touch of dypraxia (My dad and I have it so I know the basic symptoms).
    Can anyone suggest something I could do with him that might actually hold his attention long enough for him to learn something?? He's a nice, bright boy...but...I just can't make him do anything


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  • #2
    Catari Jaguar
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    Eugh.. pen and paper work??? BORING!!

    Make it fun! How's he meant to learn English if he's not SPEAKING it? Forget worksheets.

    First break it into topics: e.g. food, home, school, pets, family, colours, numbers...

    Resources: Flash cards, snap/ memory match cards, lucky bag of items, posters to talk about *Find the ____* (he points and says "here is a ____), picture books, puppets for role play/ sentence example, songs, games like "kim's game" (Have items out, he closes eyes, remove one. He guesses)

    Pencil paper stuff can be Hangman, Boggle etc.


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