* Don't over correct it may interupt the flow of language and discourages students from engaging in conversation. Instead model the correct structure and use open-ended questions to maintain the discourse.
* Create opportunities for the student to engage in activities that require little or no English but encourage meaningful communication e.g. role play.
* Learn by doing - concrete/hands on experiences help make language more comprehensible for second language learners.
* Keep activities short and varied, but above all meaningful!
* Begin with concepts and language that the student already knows. Help them to make links and to extend their oral repertoire by providing scaffolds through questioning, clarifying, modelling and leading the learner towards new skills, concepts and level of understanding.
* Provide activities where the language is predicatble or repetitive and ensures success.
* Include students in general class activities, e.g. sport, craft, music.
* Where appropriate, give the New Arrival student opportunities to continue learning in familiar ways. Some students will have been used to large amounds of rote learning and will be very successful at this. When the student first arrives, flexibility in teaching is important. Some students may not be used to group word, or to discovery-type learning, and at times will prefer working quietly or alone. Gradually encourage the student into ways of learning that normally occur in the classroom including self-motivate, independent learning as well as group work.