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Unread Sep 28th, 2011, 09:05 pm
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Default Re: Help! Very shy student.

Assuming from your post about her having husband, that means she's already adult?

I think that's going to be a little hard since adults are very sensitive about that--but then again no one wants people to laugh at them because of their English level anyway.

I've got a bunch of Korean students, from kids to teenagers. And I think the easiest way to make them comfortable is to show them how 'dumb' we are in speaking Korean. There are many times I fail saying the simplest 'Annyong Haseyo' and they just laugh at my sad effort in saying it.

Try to assure her that it's just okay if one cannot speak English?

Hope it helps!
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