Dear All, I am a practising ESL teacher in Hungary. I am studying English Applied Linguistics. I am writing my thesis on ESL students whose native language is not based on the Roman Script with a special focus on Hebrew natives. I would like to ask for your help. Please answer (some) of my questions below or add your own opinion, ideas etc... What methods do you use when teaching English especially the letters, alphabet, reading, writing? Do you use any special visuals, mneumonics? If yes, please give me examples. What course books do you use? How do you exploit it in class? Do your students start their English learning with some preliminary knowledge? How old are they? Is there an introductory oral period? What is the relationship between reading and writing? Do you teach one before the other? Are there any special difficulties, problems, mistakes of your students? How do they/you solve or overcome them? Is there anything else you think important and I haven't asked? Thank you very much in advance. Juli ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------