Assess your Korean student's ability to speak, read, write and listen in English. Converse in simple sentences when you first meet: Greet him and ask how he is doing, where he comes from and why he is in the States. Enunciate clearly and slowly. Note his understanding and responses. Provide a short passage for him to read, such as a basic newspaper article or other paragraph, and instruct him to write a brief response. Base your future lessons on the strengths and weaknesses you observed in your assessment.
Practice pronunciation together. Koreans struggle with the different "th" sounds in English, such as in "the," "three" and "clothing," as well as the difference between "b" and "f," and "v" and "p," as the Korean language does not possess these consonant sounds. Provide your student with a list of similar-sounding words that include these problem letters, such as "vet," "bet," "vat," "bat," "bit" and "boat." Practice saying these words over and over, first slowly and then picking up speed in later lessons as the student becomes more comfortable with them.
Introduce the English alphabet to the student, if she doesn't know it already. Koreans use an alphabet called "hangul" that is entirely different from English. Practice writing out all the letters in lower and upper case, as well as in cursive form, as this is also a new concept for Koreans.
Model English sentence structure for your student, and have her compose sentences following your example. While Korean sentences follow a subject-object-verb format, English takes a subject-verb-object form. Teach your Korean student the various verb tenses (simple, perfect and progressive), which will also be a new concept, as Korean uses only simple tenses. Instruct your student in all other areas of grammar unfamiliar to her, such as the use of articles, pluralizing with an "s" and the various parts of speech, all aspects of English that Korean either does not contain or does not categorize as precisely.
Demonstrate the formats of English documents. If the student is studying at college, he may need to learn how to write essays or reports; these do not always take the same structure in every country, although Koreans do typically write left-to-right on a page. Assignments such as these also give your student the opportunity to practice writing in-depth and complex papers.
Assess your student's progress regularly. Determine which areas she struggles with the most and spend more time on these problems. Compare your student's writing to the first sample piece of writing she completed at your first session.