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ggingues That we think we do not have skills but even English could be your skill (It comes easy and brain fog will not kill you). Teaching beginning English is not hard, or offer conversation classes. You set up a site or do it via a place that offers that service and you can market yourself in groups that are trying to learn English, Just an idea of something u can do with a computer from your house.
That's a great idea. I used to do volunteering with several others, we'd go out to a home where there was a group of newish migrants (from irac or iran) and give them one to one english reading lessons once per week. They often had important letters or documents and just daily mail stuff too eg just every day mail stuff which they wanted someone to read to them, say the english words of the objects in the catalogue or make sure they understood right as they had extremely basic reading skills (like year one level if that, some we were teaching letters still). I guess some would be wanting English teachers for a very basic level and one could advertise basic english lessons and have a small group or do one to one lesson and have them come to ones home for an hour for an English lesson (we used to have them read childrens books but would try to pick ones in which werent too childish sounding).
Things like helping them read words on maps (pick the easy words at first) eg street directory if they wanted to go somewhere is good ..enables them to be able to follow and ask directions for places. I personally think anyone can do this as long as they have patience with someone who is struggling with language (never forgot yourself that it isnt easy to learn a new language, if you keep that in mind you should be fine).
The hardest problem I had with doing that was I myself couldnt understand them when they spoke to me due to the strong accents of their other country so that did make things awkward at times (and sometimes or for me nearly always involved guessing what they wanted.. at times instead they wanted me to help them to pronouce a word and I'd have to guess at the word they were attempting to say and multilating..sometimes they'd use hand signals to try to describe the word.. like umm what's that game..charades? When I'd come up with the right word they were wanting, they'd smile or nod and try to say it after me).
Sometimes they had to show me what they wanted help reading or point to the section they wanted me to read if they couldnt themselves.. so I'd then read it normally (so they could understand the document or whatever)..and then slowly individual word by word.. pointing to the words as I read and getting the person I was trying to teach to read.. read an easy word here and there. I guess we their untrained English teachers did okay as they used to get excited about seeing us when they were about to have their lesson.
Non English speaking/reading in an english culture face many different issues in daily life eg not knowing how to count our money is another big issue they can have and can appreciate being shown how to accurately get right amounts for things. One thing I saw which horrified me one time when I was in an aborignal community and went to one of their craft groups..was when getting ready for lunch.. they sprayed the table down with fly spray instead of spray and wipe cleaner.. obviously not being able to read it was fly spray!! Then had their sandwiches sitting on this table newly cleaned with fly spray.
I failed french at school two years straight (did it a second year as I loved trying to learn it) so I guess that added to my understanding of how hard a new language is to learn.