Teaching English to foreigners

[Pollypeptide]

I have been asked to help a friend of my husband by teaching him English (he is from Lithuania). He has been attending classes at the local college but has found them to be difficult to understand as the teacher is from Pakistan and has a very strong accent. His current level of English is pretty basic and I am wondering if there are any recourses available on line that I could use to help him. Thanks in anticipation.

[sandyRoe]

You might look at BBC languages/English

[dotty.]

http://www.whsmith.co...n+language&cat=\Books

[squarebear]

He can practice with my chatbot:
http://www.mitsuku.com

[gingejbee]

I thought that speaking very slowly and shouting was the accepted way of communicating with foreigners?!

[sandyRoe]

And if you add an 'O' to the end of your words you'll get by in Spanish.

[gingejbee]

....wave your arms and it becomes Italian....shrug shoulders, and it's French. Sorted!

[Mosaic]

Another incentive to learning the language is not to use foreign 'mother tongue' channels on satellite TV. If he will engage with entertainment subjects in English, he'll come on rapidly.

[Pollypeptide]

Thanks everyone - I've found a "Dummies" book on the W H Smith website that looks promising so will get that for a start and will also try the BBC website that was suggested.

[abstibus]

Polly
Have a look at this site - it won't help his spoken English, but will help him in lots of ways - good fun, too.
It's worth exploring the entire site; I know adult students who are fascinated by it.
http://www.woodlands-...uk/literacy/index.htm

[Pollypeptide]

Thanks annemollie, I see what you mean - it's an interesting site and I could get hooked on it!