help..what is the best way to teach english..

If you want some serious advice and really want to teach your Chinese friend English I would suggest you to use both Chatting and Talking over phone. Conversation in english will improve her skill quickly so talking is a must atleast for daily half an hour on any pre-defined topic. Like : Shopping, T-Shirt, Jewlery and so on. Writing will make her grammatically correct. But it must focus on a particular topic. Tell het to buy a Chinese-Eng-Chinese Dictionary first. It will save both of your time. Also be creative to show her few pictures, like mountains and flowers and tell the English name. Anyway, it is the task of a professional person and if you have any doubt about your knowledge or expertise in English I'll request you not to try teaching her. Just stay in touch with her, chat or talk freely. This way she will improve also but slowly.

The easiest known way to learn a language is through vulgarities. Don't smack me, it's true! But hey, we don't want your friend learning the wrong words.. so... try songs. Choose English songs for her to listen too. It's an easy way to be introduced to the language. Another way would be for her to listen to the news - from reputable stations like CNN or BBC. She can catch them on the radio or the TV if she has access. Unless you want to progress deeper in your relationship, don't spend your good time to chat with her over the ohone each day. And she must first be clear what she wants to learn - to SPEAK English or WRITE English.

I think both ways helps ur friend to understand English language bcos learning of any language is very enhancing with both ways.

both, i thikn you need the both.

Living in hk, i am always asked by chinese friends and colleagues on how they can improve their english. Actually they know the meaning of most english words and can construct english sentences with acceptable grammar. They did have english classes in university after all. The difficulty they have is using and understanding idioms. So, my advise to them is to watch dvd using chinese audio with english subtitle, then watch it again this time using english audio with chinese subtitles. This helps a lot as idioms are translated in equivalent chinese idioms. I also ask them to read comics and juvenile novels. This helps them to use conversational and slang english. Confidence indeed plays a role too. Most of them are just too shy hearing themselves speak in another language that they babble. So just encourage them, do not laugh or criticize if they make mistake, but do correct them so they will remember it next time. Talk to her more on phone as talking definitely boost confidence more.

it's a good way to talk to her through phone and on chat. tell her to always read english comics and watch english shows and movies. :)

As English is my one and only language I really don't know but my parents adopted 2 Bolivian girls who didn't speak any English and had to learn when they came to the US. Our mother just worked with them, over and over, until they had a little language then they went to a tutor how taught them the most. Guess I'm not much help, sorry.