What can you do? Well, traditionally most of us have done our best to explain things in simple English and provide numerous examples. There's nothing wrong with this approach.
However, as many Spanish-speaking English teachers probably know, it can be helpful to quickly explain the concept in Spanish. Then the lesson can turn back to English. Instead of spending fifteen minutes trying to explain the present perfect in English, a one-minute explanation has done the trick. Still, if you don't speak Spanish - or any other language that your students speak - what's a teacher to do? Enter Google Translate.
Google Translate offers the most powerful, free online translation tools available. This English teaching article focuses on using to help out in difficult situations, as well as provide ideas on how to use Google Translate in class in lesson plans. • Have students write short texts in English, and translate them into their original language. Using Google Translate for translation can help students catch by spotting these errors in the translations.