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Teaching English online - Coggle Diagram
Teaching English online
Developing rapport and motivating learners
1.Bring in your personality
2.Get to know your students
Smile
Personalise the lesson
5.Give encouragement and praise
Chat to students before/after a lesson
Be friendly
Encourage learners to get to know each other
Equipment
• Realia (objects)
• Puppets
• Pictures
• Virtual whiteboard
• Whiteboard
• Platform for teaching live
Getting to know your platform
• Stable internet connection
• Headset with microphone
• Laptop/computer with a camera
Key skills
Bringing energy to an online lesson
Establishing and building rapport
Using gestures
Good management skills
Planning
Setting clear learning goals
Materials and activities for online lessons
Course book
Teaching materials from a company you work for
Ted Talks
YouTube videos
Articles from newspapers
Plan tasks for online lesson and for individual study
Tips for new online teachers
Get to know your student, do a needs analysis.
Planning is key but have a back-up plan.
Plan fully and make sure there is a variety of different materials.
Check that the technology works.
Understand your platform and practise using it.
Review the teaching materials beforehand.
Make sure the students are confident with how the class works.
Run an orientation session before you start teaching.
Be prepared to use your face a lot.
Exploiting features of a platform
Chat box
Share screen
Tick icon
Interactive whiteboard
Notes
Breakout rooms
Pointer
Share screen feature
Other digital tools and resources
A grammar reference tool (e.g. Cambridge Online Dictionary Grammar)
Screen or slide sharing
Google Docs
An online noticeboard
Memrise, Quizlet and other games/activities