English was my first language in South Africa and was my favourite subject in school. I have the patience and love to teach

As mentioned earlier I had au-pairs from many different countries . When they arrived to the UK their spoken English was very minimal or almost to just a few words. I had an au pair from Hungary who cam from a village so hardly understood a word in English, I used to take her out and point out objects to her and name them. She used to make notes of everything she found interesting and when we returned home we used to discuss everything she found interesting and make words and sentences , so she learnt spelling and grammar at the same time. I also literally took her around the house and pointed out objects and example bed, table all the different cutlery and crockery. She found it very interesting to learn by looking at objects than just reading from text books. I also taught English as a second language where I helped mothers at home who could not go out because their English was minimal and they could not communicate with children's teacher and were shy to go to their GP without taking someone with them to translate. I like to do a lot of play acting when teaching as it makes the lessons exciting even if it is just the two of us.