What should I do for a friend of mine?

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Hi there!

I'd like to help my friend. She has been studying English with a tutor for a long time, but she's afraid of speaking. Sometimes it's difficult for her to find the right words so she uses Russian ones. I'm not aware of her level, but she seems to use Runglish quite often. Listening is also difficult for her. She doesn't listen to any podcasts or read any books.

Recently, we agreed to meet and to speak only English for an hour (or more if she find it interesting). I think, I can find some questions and discuss with her. I can describe some pattern/structures that I think are useful. Finally, I can show her some tools (useful for me) for improving her English. So, it's up to me what to do together.
Why do I need it? I'd like to find a speaking partner and, you know, - the best way to understand something is to teach others.

Any ideas? Critique will be appreciated too!
(Please, tell me in case you've found any mistakes in this text)
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QwestDay пишет: 26 июл 2018, 23:18
(Please, tell me in case you've found any mistakes in this text)

Recently, we agreed to meet and to speak only English for an hour (or more if she find it interesting).

but she's afraid of speaking

Sometimes it's difficult for her to find the right words so she uses Russian ones.
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Сообщение zymbronia »

QwestDay, I am not sure what is better, but I would write in the title something like "How can I help my friend?"
By the way, if you are going to write in English only here, I would rather transfer your topic to the appropriate section. OK?
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(Please, tell me in case you've found any mistakes in this text)
-Please point out my mistakes if any.

some suggestions :

- ... she uses Russian words instead.
- we agreed to meet and to speak only in English for an hour
- if she finds
-I think I can find (some) interesting topics for discussion.
-I can show her some helpful tools tricks/tips to improve her English(skills).
- it's up to me what to do together. ->I (will) have to decide how to proceed.

Off- topic:
the best way to understand something is to teach others.
not really, and there are plenty of examples on this very forum )
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zymbronia пишет: 27 июл 2018, 00:36 transfer your topic
Thanks! Both sections are good
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QwestDay пишет: 26 июл 2018, 23:18 we agreed to meet and to speak only English for an hour
I believe it's a good idea ) Even if you make mistakes, you speak, and you always can ask a question )

I also think that you'll find out that to discuss in English everyday problems, like, who sees who, is not a hard job ))
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Kind_Punk, Thanks! In a school using communicative method, we used to discuss personal news. It was not that difficult as discussing clips or short stories.
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QwestDay пишет: 27 июл 2018, 22:30 discussing clips
I may be a dim here, but what is it?
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Kind_Punk пишет: 27 июл 2018, 22:36what is it?
I meant short video with music. What do they call it in English? Video clips?
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QwestDay пишет: 28 июл 2018, 10:19
Kind_Punk пишет: 27 июл 2018, 22:36what is it?
I meant short video with music. What do they call it in English? Video clips?
You mean music video?
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Well, a clip is a short part of a film/movie that is shown separately

But I was being silly ) Anyway, what is there to discuss? I can think only about like/not like )
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OK, so I can say we discussed clips, music videos. We had some questions to discuss, and teachers asked their own questions.
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QwestDay пишет: 28 июл 2018, 13:32 OK, so I can say we discussed clips
If that's what you actually discuss, why not?

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Арина пишет: 28 июл 2018, 22:08why not?
These are paper clips! I know! :)
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What do you think the artist meant by placing the blue clip over the red clip? Hidden political meaning? :^)
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dems are screwing reps ... for better or for worse)
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They will both die in a fight with each other, killing a lot of non-combatants that just happened to be around. :)
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No matter what anyone says if you want to speak you should speak. Some things can be tough when you realise that you don't know many words trying to express your ideas but slowly you will learn more and more.
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QwestDay пишет: 26 июл 2018, 23:18 I'd like to help my friend. She has been studying English with a tutor for a long time
Is she only your friend?)
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Johnwesleyhardin,
Yeah! Now I feel strongly that I shouldn't do anything. It was my idea. It has become clear to me that she doesn't need my help at all. For her it's OK to pay her tutor and to pass time without any visible improvements.
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Well, guys... I failed. Failed spectacularly.. First of all - I prepared to give her some English hacks that really helped me. I wanted to deliver them in English. I thought that we would be talking and discussing some questions prepared by me. But, her level turned out to be as low as A1. Or lower... (though she'd been studying with tutors for many years...) So we were talking in Russian. That's an essential rule of everything - if you want to solve a problem, study the task first. I had to "assess" her level, and than recognise, understand and fulfil her needs. I had to give her some useful structures. Try at least. By the way, I understood that I'm not prepared to be her teacher, so I thought we could be partners, but, it turned out that I wasted 1 hour and just gave her some podcasts and pdf files of books. I hope what I was telling her could be useful to her in the future.
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