What should I teach total beginners?
Teaching total beginners. How do I get started with teaching students who can't speak English at all? There are lots of resources out there and your mind is probably ready to explode, as you have seen so much but still have no idea about where to start. Let me help you. Firstly, lets look at it from our point of view. If this was me travelling to a foreign country to work, for education or just travelling , what would I want to be able to communicate first? The answer is, I want to be able to let people know who I am, where I am from and introduce my family members. If i'm attending school or college I want to be able to use vocabulary related to school or college. So you get the idea. Below is a list of the most important things to teach those learning English for the first time. For children learning English as a second language, I would first teach them the alphabet using sounds and slowly introduce new vocabulary using images as aids (images are good...