What are the best ways to learn English?

(1 is for the best way, 2 is for the second best, 8 is for the least important.)

____ Memorizing information and taking tests to see how much I know

____ Watching movies

____ Listening to songs

____ Talking with an English speaker

____ Studying grammar

____ Listening to a tape and answering questions

____ Reading a book and answering questions

____ Having someone correct me when I speak

Reading articles about schools and how the people locally feel about education may also give you interesting feedback when the learner compares the information in these articles with educational concerns in her former region. You may also want to give your learner an exercise where she has to plan "the perfect English school" or has to "hire the best English teacher" for her fictional school. (You would need to provide your learner with 3 or 4 candidates from which to choose.)

Take note of some of the concerns expressed throughout these lessons and consider how you can address your learner's expectations of what a tutor should do while still ensuring that the lessons are learner-centred. Throughout this process, you and your learner are negotiating. You are trying to increase your learner's comfort level by fulfilling, to a certain degree, her expectations while trying to give her opportunities to express preferences.