Teaching English Online

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Lindsay Warwick is the leading teacher of the course from Cambridge University .

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Platforms Features/functions • Blackboard • Google hangouts • Skype • Zoom • Appear.in • Whiteboard • A feature to show PowerPoint slides • Screen share/ feature for sharing materials and slides • Hand raising function • Audio feed • Video feed • Breakout groups • Filters to add to your faces • Text chat box • A feature to give stars • A feature to give badges • A feature to record vocabulary

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Tools 1. Setting clear learning goals Marie Therese says that an online teacher needs to be able to plan and set clear learning goals so that lessons have a clear purpose and aren’t just a case of chatting with the learner. 2. Planning Ollie says that it’s really important to plan really well so that you know what you’re doing at every step and that there is no ‘dead time’. 3. Good management skills Lindsay says that the teaching techniques you use in the face-to-face classroom need to be used in the digital environment too, although they may need to be adapted. 4. Using gestures Corrine talks about using gestures and shows us some gestures she uses to count the number of syllables in a word, to invite learners to speak, and to show learners that she’s listening or waiting for them to speak. She says using gestures helps her to make her lessons successful. 5. Establishing and building rapport Marie Therese, Ollie and Helen talk about the need to establish and build rapport. They suggest that teachers may need to work harder at establishing and building rapport online than they do in the face-to-face classroom. 6 . Bringing energy to an online lesson Corrine says that a key skill for teaching online is bringing and maintaining a lot of energy in online lessons.

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Techniques 1. Bring in your personality 2 . Get to know your students 3 . Smile 4 . Personalise the lesson 5 . Give encouragement and praise 6 . Chat to students before/after a lesson 7 . Be friendly 8 . Encourage learners to get to know each other

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Online listening resources TED Talks YouTube videos and news items . CBeebies ESL Brains elllo - English Listening Lesson Library Online LyricsTraining

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Speaking and writing Sound Foundations interactive phonemic chart : A free, interactive version of the phonemic chart. Click on each sound to hear it or alternatively download a non-interactive version. Sounds: The pronunciation app: Study sounds and practise using them. Free version available. Paid for full version available. Includes an interactive phonemic chart. Ship or Sheep : Free practice of minimal pairs. Forvo: A free pronunciation dictionary. Listen to how words, including names of places etc., are pronounced by people from around the world . EnglishCentral: A website and app. Watch a video, learn the words, record yourself copying the pronunciation and get a grade. Minimal free content. A lot of content with a subscription. BBC Learning English: Tim’s free pronunciation workshop videos look at the sounds of English including weak forms and assimilation.

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