This guide for tutors and teachers dealing with adult Indochinese refugees learning English provides guidelines for materials selection and use, and for making language lessons maximally effective and interesting for the refugee. As an introduction, background information is provided on the refugee's attitudes towards learning English. This is followed by suggestions on practical matters such as time and place of lessons. A section on teaching materials discusses ESL materials and how to use them in lessons. A section on teaching methods covers lesson preparation and teaching; pronunciation, and homework. The following special problems are discussed: illiteracy, insistence on grammar, desire to learn without a teacher's help, tapes, desire to continue past the survival course, and desire not to continue. One section is devoted to teaching classes as opposed to tutoring. Finally, a brief bibliography of ESL texts, teaching aids, and information sources is provided. (AM)