Wulfgar Senior Member United States Joined 4676 days ago 404 posts - 791 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 9 of 12 24 December 2013 at 7:29pm | IP Logged |
lingoleng - what a great post. Thanks a lot!
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Julie Heptaglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6908 days ago 1251 posts - 1733 votes 5 sounds Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, GermanC2, SpanishB2, Dutch, Swedish, French
| Message 10 of 12 24 December 2013 at 9:13pm | IP Logged |
Wulfgar wrote:
Surely one or two of the thousands of English learners on this board can offer some advice beyond "do it
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It's not that easy; I guess most of us were beginners in English years ago, often in the pre-Internet era :), and used materials targeted at children or teenagers, or published in the respective native language.
Anyway, I have no idea about Australian resources (and mixing them with British and/or American ones might not be the smartest idea) but you could have a look at:
BBC Learning English - quite many audio courses and other materials, but most of them are probably way past the beginner level.
Voice of America - Learning English - there are some materials for total beginners, and quite a lot of interesting audio/videos, recorded in slow and clear English.
Muzzy in Gondoland - a series of animated movies for EFL learners, sometimes hilarious, very popular sometime around 1995 in my country and has kinda of a cult status in my generation ;). You will find the videos on YouTube.
English Extr@ - a sitcom for EFL learners. I watched the French edition and found it really good - you can enjoy the plot, jokes etc. even if you are a complete beginner.
I hope I have helped you at least a bit. Generally, I would suggest finding Thai speakers who have learned English - they might recommend some great Thai-based learning resources. A simple searc on the Thai-language Internet might also help a great deal - even if you don't speak the language, you could have a look at whatever your friend would find and help her to make a good choice.
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Wulfgar Senior Member United States Joined 4676 days ago 404 posts - 791 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 11 of 12 26 December 2013 at 5:46pm | IP Logged |
Thanks Julie!
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Chillr Newbie Australia Joined 4039 days ago 5 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, French
| Message 12 of 12 10 January 2014 at 9:27pm | IP Logged |
Your friend might be interested in the Home Tutor scheme which operates in some areas of Australia. She
would be matched with a volunteer who meets with her for conversation practice. The volunteers have some
training and are usually really kind people who want to help newcomers find their way around the community.
She could end up with an actual person she knows as well!
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