Last night Karen called me saying that a neighbor was looking for someone to tudor her son in English. He goes to a bilingual school and is really struggling in English. I said I could do it one afternoon a week. Yessica (pronounced Jessica) brought her son Francisco over this afternoon.
Fran, as he is called, is a shy 7 year old first grader. I think the other 20 kids here were very intimidating to him. I went through the baby edition of GO DOGS GO with him trying to help him read the words and identify the objects in the book. I drew several objects in his notebook with the word written out. and asked him to learn these objects.
Jackson really wanted to participate in the English class. I kept telling him I could teach him English later. He kept telling Fran that it was easy. Poor Fran would get through a page (there is only one sentance per page) and by the next page not remember the same words he had just learned.
After the class, Brayan, Antonio, and Jackson all asked me if I would teach them to read in English. I don't know how long this enthusiasm will last, but I appreciated it. I told them I was available at anytime and would love to teach them English.
I hope that Fran can catch on to learning a little bit of English, and I hope that the boys here can learn to read in English. If you have any ideas for teaching Fran (7 years) or the boys here (9-13 years) let me know.
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Your great aunt Linda taught ESL for over twenty years. She would be delighted to give you advice :) Best of luck!
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