Tomiko,

There's your answer, English video games. My own kids are younger than 11, but they pick up English vocab very quickly from video games, much better than when I try and teach them.

Just be careful what games, my kids were fine with "Ready, Set, Go, Snakebite is in the lead, ... " from Monster Truck Madness, but "Attacking, with High kick death blow..." was not a good idea.

For an 11 year old some of the adventure games would be good, there is lots of dialogue.

> Dear Kwako,
> I'm trying to teach privately a 11-year old with a learning problem -
> she's really struggling with English. She likes to play video games.
> Any advice? I'm miserable.

> Tomiko - female teacher from Japan