Daily Archives: November 17, 2007

Teaching a Young Student Who Already Speaks

November 17, 2007 – 7:01 pm

I have a student whose family lived in Vancouver for 2 years. She studied at a private kindergarten and elementary school for two years. She is reading at about 3rd grade level. However, she needs to practice writing, otherwise she will not be able to write at her level. She is [...]

By Al Bartle | Posted in English School Articles, SSE Okamoto Corner, enjoyed this a lot, high level students | Comments (0)

Yasuko

November 17, 2007 – 4:01 am

Yasuko is also one of my favorite students. She is serious about improving her ability to speak, listen, and read. She has been taking two courses with me for quite a long time - the Normal course for speaking, and One-on-One for reading. She has shown lots of improvement, especially in her overall confidence…I remember [...]

By jim | Posted in SSE Hashimoto Corner | Comments (0)

New One Point

November 17, 2007 – 12:57 am

My red student today was working on countable/uncountable nouns. As she reviewed the picture cards, she had a little difficulty sorting out the difference between slice of cake and hunk of cheese. She asked about pie and pizza, then chuckled a bit nervously at the piece and slice. But she was writing things down and [...]

By Sue | Posted in English School Articles, SSE Kofu Corner | Comments (0)