How can you help your learner better understand community safety topics like theft reports, apartment insurance, insurance claims, and where to find the nearest police station and hospital? Here are a few tips.
There is so much more you can teach your learner by way of a picture prompt and their spoken response to what they see.
In this section I'll discuss how to approach the problem of crime and introduce a learner to US conventions arpund reporting crime to the police.
In this case I'll use Everett, Ma. my new home town, as an example.
If the learner has experienced a house-breaking, he needs a proper identification (His U.S. or international passport, I.D. or Driving Licence) to start a report.
Does the learner know that a report is a complete description of the property taken and its value? Does he know that he can file the report online? Here is a link to the Everett Police Department website where the student can describe in-detail the house-breaking which took place in his home.
Does the learner know that he can also report a house-breaking over the phone, calling 911 or Everett Police Department's phone (617) 389-2120, or in person by going to the Everett Police Station which is located in 45 Elm Street?
In different countries there are specific ways to contact the police department. For example in Russia, you need to dial 03 to get in touch with a police officer, no matter where the incident took place. You can compare with your learners the ways of connecting with a police department of his home country with the U.S.' one, which is 911.
You can explain your learner that Everett Police Station provides service in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Arabic.
Does the learner know what Everett police cars look like? What make them different from Boston Police cars?
You can show him the pictures of Everett and Boston Police cars and let your student compare both pictures.
Does your learners know that it is better that they go themselves to the police station so they can give the police all the necessary information? The police may want to take photos of the property taken, or gather any evidence about the house-break-in committed.
You can explain the learner an importance of filing a theft report. Here are the reasons: a suspect can be caught and he can get his property back.
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There is so much more you can teach your learner by way of a picture prompt and their spoken response to what they see.
In this section I'll discuss how to approach the problem of crime and introduce a learner to US conventions arpund reporting crime to the police.
In this case I'll use Everett, Ma. my new home town, as an example.
If the learner has experienced a house-breaking, he needs a proper identification (His U.S. or international passport, I.D. or Driving Licence) to start a report.
Does the learner know that a report is a complete description of the property taken and its value? Does he know that he can file the report online? Here is a link to the Everett Police Department website where the student can describe in-detail the house-breaking which took place in his home.
Does the learner know that he can also report a house-breaking over the phone, calling 911 or Everett Police Department's phone (617) 389-2120, or in person by going to the Everett Police Station which is located in 45 Elm Street?
In different countries there are specific ways to contact the police department. For example in Russia, you need to dial 03 to get in touch with a police officer, no matter where the incident took place. You can compare with your learners the ways of connecting with a police department of his home country with the U.S.' one, which is 911.
You can explain your learner that Everett Police Station provides service in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Arabic.
You can show him the pictures of Everett and Boston Police cars and let your student compare both pictures.
Does your learners know that it is better that they go themselves to the police station so they can give the police all the necessary information? The police may want to take photos of the property taken, or gather any evidence about the house-break-in committed.
You can explain the learner an importance of filing a theft report. Here are the reasons: a suspect can be caught and he can get his property back.
Do your learners know that if they get attacked and injured during the house-breaking, they can call or go to Whiddan Hospital, which is located in Garland St, Everett, its phone number is (617)381-7111, or they can also dial 911? You can let your learner compare the ways of contacting health emergency service of his home country with the U.S.' one. For example, in Russia you need to dial 03 in case you need an immediate doctor's help, whereas in the U.S. you need to dial 911.
Do your learners know that it is important to know home insurance policy and its terms of coverage?
Do your learners know that every house have a home insurance policy? You can teach them the word insurance. Do your learners know that his home may cover the loss according to insurance policy?
Do the learners know that it is important to find out whether they will be eligible for replacement cost or actual cash value?
Do your learners know that citizens can't press charges themselves? You can tell learners that prosecutors can press charges based on a victim's police report. The police along with a prosecutor decide if there is enough evidence to charge.
Do your learners know that once he has filed a report, they get their police report case number or a receipt, stating that they have filed a report or a copy of the report?
The learners should keep them for their records. In the end you should give advice to learners that to avoid such incidents, they need to be cautious, and add extra locks in their apartment.
This is just one more way to use a picture to teach a student more than just language. Crime rates, how to report a crime, and how file an insurance claim or police report might be unfamiliar to your learner. By discussing these topics with your leaner, you teach not only new vocabulary ("police report", "break-in", "insurance claim", etc.) but also critical local knowledge such as how to contact the police, where the local police station is located, and how to find the closest hospital.
This is just one more way to use a picture to teach a student more than just language. Crime rates, how to report a crime, and how file an insurance claim or police report might be unfamiliar to your learner. By discussing these topics with your leaner, you teach not only new vocabulary ("police report", "break-in", "insurance claim", etc.) but also critical local knowledge such as how to contact the police, where the local police station is located, and how to find the closest hospital.
Happy tutoring!
Tatyana Pavlova
Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics/ Bashkir State University
MA Education/ESL 2014, Cambridge College
Tatyana Pavlova
Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics/ Bashkir State University
MA Education/ESL 2014, Cambridge College
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