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Well it seems like you've been gone for a while, a lot has changed my friend. Tanking as Prot is nothing like Arms or Fury, and the name of the game now is AoE. This is for trash mind you, bosses are essentially the same.
As has been said, teach him the basics of my mobs behave the way they do. Threat and aggro are common among many mmo's, you can apply the same principles. Let him understand why mobs head to certain targets, etc.
Once that's down you can teach him/her the warrior tanking abilities. It's perfectly viable to level as Prot nowadays, esp from 70-80. S/he can practice tanking through the regular northren dungeons and prepare for the heroics later on.
A good practice drill is to go into a place like RFK or WC with him as a tank, and you following as a lower level. As you run and walk around, you will pull aggro like crazy and it's his/her job to keep you from dying. If they can do that while you're running around AoE'ing everything, then they have the basics down.
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The best way to learn is by doing. Leveling as prot will definitely make you a better tank, as well as an all around player. By tanking, you are essentially learning everyone's roles at the same time. Dps is easy to learn, at the lastest, he should switch at 40s, as that is when you get shield slam, which, imo, is the core of warrior tanking and when the abilities get really different.
Also, as a no brainer, introduce him to Wowhead, loads of helpful people such as you and I. Best of luck, we need more tanks.
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