Hey Reddit, I hope you all doing well. I'm looking for a bit of advice from you all.

I often get adult beginner students who have little to no English skill. They've all but forgotten everything they've learned in school and suddenly want to learn Eikaiwa because they've got a client in Florida or something that they need to meet in 4 or so months.

In all my years of experience I've yet to find any resources that provide something step-by-step that they can use to pick up the very basics and start using basic English. In my mind, the material should teach the following:

• Basic grammar (all the SVO stuff, third person singular, and so on) with
• Grammar in practical use through reading, writing, speaking, listening. (I'll be primarily be focusing on speaking and listening though. I'd prefer natively spoken audio so the students can get used to hearing what real English sounds like).
• Real world themes and situations that students may likely encounter
• and some "nice to know" phrases that can get the student started.
• fun!

Any good recommendations? Thanks in advance!

Also, If you're interested, here are some of my recommendations:

• Now You're Talking! (EFL Press)
• Passport to Work (OUP)
• Let's Chat! (EFL Press)
• The Grammar in Use series by Raymond Murphy