In this essay I’m going to talk about a person. That is learning English as her second language and I’m going to explain the way of improving her English with some activities I came up with doing a research, applying questionnaire and helping her with her homework. So she could feel comfortable about her English.
First of all in order to complete this essay. I talked with Nayeli Lopez and asked her about what she struggles the most in her English. She is a 17 year old Mexican student. She is in an intermediate English class. She lives in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico she studys high school in the mornings and in the afternoon she goes to her English classes 5 days a week, 2 hours a day. Nayeli’s first language is Spanish which she speaks all day long except in her 2 hours of English. She decided to study English because, she likes English and she also wants to go and live in the United States. So her main reason of her studying English as her second language is, so she could be able to communicate fluidly in English and also for better opportunities in life.
According to my investigation, questionnaire appliances, daily coexistence with her and actually helping her when she struggles with her homework. I came up with a conclusion of her strongest way of learning. Which is by explaining her and also with visuals and focusing in her vocabulary more than in the grammar.
Her grammar skills, are really well. Therefore what she needs to improve more, is her vocabulary. Her way of expressing her self in English with others and helping her to talk more in English. So she could be more confident, when she speaks in English, with someone else in her case because she wants to live in an English speaking country.
There are many different wa...
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...e some good methods to improve nayeli’s English conversation skills.
Finally there are a lot of different ways to improve English conversation skills and English vocabulary. But to find out, how was the easiest way and the correct way to apply and see which was the right method for nayeli to understand it, are as I mentioned previously. Reading, explaining in different ways not using metalanguage and for conversation skills having conversations and talking with her in English. I think these are some good methods of teaching English that will work out for her and it will be helpful for her.
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