Tutoring - books to use?
 

My contract with my current school is almost up and I've decided to do private tutoring exclusively. I won't be able to access any of the schools resources, so I will have get my own.

What books/course guides are your favourite? (for any level/age).

Thanks a bunch!

Eli

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Any pair work books are great. I would be lost without them! We have gotten a few of them from Penguin and although they are expensive (in Korea anyway) they are well worth it and they have three different lessons and well as having ones for intant lessons and business and games. Basically they have lots of different ones. BTW it's English English, not American English. Here are some of the books.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?se...%20WatcynJones

Where are you teaching?

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Hi Eli,

I am replying to this post as I do specialise in exactly that area - fun English games for children aged 4-12.

As far as photocopiable resources these can be life savers. However I also believe that teachers often photocopy far more than they need, and with some imagination, a few pictures and a class board one simply does not need to do hundreds of photocopies of activity sheets, which take the children 2 minutes to fill in.

Have you tried playing some class games (not necessarily pairwork, but purposeful games)? That might help keep all levels of students interested in the class at the same time.
I highly suggest looking into games to play with the students you tutor. At first thought, you might think that it can be hard playing a game with just one student there are a number of things that you can do, such give a limited time for the task using a stopwatch or timer. The student must complete the task before the timer goes off so you add excitement by having a race against the clock. You can also time your student and then see if they can beat their time in the next round.

You can also play too and again there are things you can do to make it a genuine game, rather than one where you either win all the time or pretend to be slow. For example you can give your pupil a head start or make your task harder.

You can find out more about teaching children with games one on one right here and watch a demo lesson;

Teaching a child English

I wish you all the best with your tutoring. It's highly rewarding and a valuable skill because you can use the same games and techniques to teach your own children or family members a second language.

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I use all my own resources exclusively with children. I have some readers they get into eventually (Spectrum Readers.)

Let's Go is great for kids and New Interchange is pretty good for adults.

Mid range JHS and HS students probably have a text from their school you'll need to follow.

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I agree with the New Interchange books.

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For students in their late teens, Scrabble could be a fun option. They'll get a big kick out of it if they beat you.

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They often beat me!! :eek:

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Cheers for the ideas.

I got my first private student starting in a couple of weeks. I'll be helping him with his English study while keeping it fun!