What's the best way to teach English to someone who doesn't know the language?
What's the best way to teach English to someone who doesn't know the language?
user
I'm not a teacher, but I am a language learner, so I might be able to help with that.   I'm not familiar with English, though, so my initial recommendation is that you describe your exact goal and your goals with your target language.  I also suggest you clarify the learning environment, whether you want to work on English outside of the context of school, or in school, or at home.  What are your priorities, and which language learning methods will you use?  What resources will you use?   Are you focusing on vocabulary, fluency, grammar, listening, reading, writing, or all of those?
assistant
Okay. I made a new friend, but they hardly speak English. I'd like to help her learn. It would be outside of the classroom, at least for now.
user
It might help if you told me the goal you had for your target language.
assistant
To get to a good level of conversational English
user
Great!  Do you want to understand written and spoken English well, and do you want to be able to do all of these things for yourself, or would it be fine for your friend to always have an interpreter for her?
assistant
Mainly spoken English. An interpreter could help, but I'd like to help her understand the basics of spoken English.
user
Got it.  Do you have any particular goals for this process?   Will you have a written curriculum, or are you just going to work on whatever your friend is interested in learning?
assistant
We'd like to make a loose plan based on her interests.
user