Say dog, can you, can you, can you say dog? Let me hear you say it, can you say it? Come
on, I think you can say it, dog, dog...
Hi my name's Jema Perry and welcome to Mooncake where ESL teaching is made
easy. If you're new here then you need to know that I make weekly ESL teaching tip
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new here say hi in the comments below and let me know where in the world
you're teaching. So we all know that when teaching young students using TPR is
extremely beneficial and well, if you don't then you should check out this
video right here where I tell you everything you need to know about TPR.
But when we're teaching online we also need to think about visual cues and that's
what we're going to talk about today. So without further ado let's get started.
Real quick, if you do find today's tips helpful make sure you hit that like
button as it really helps the channel to reach more teachers. Visual cues are
really important especially when we're teaching those with lower-level students.
Why? I hear you ask! Well for lower level students, they have very little
comprehension and it can be really tricky to get your instructions across.
Simply adding in more language to try and explain things tends to just confuse
say dog, can you, can you, can you, let me hear you say it, can
you say it, come on I think you can say it.. dog, dog. Having a set of
pre-planned visual cues that you use every class let's shouldn't know what
you want from them and helps to make the class run smoother. But, hang on a minute
what are visual cues? Well let's take a look at three simple examples. Number one
repeat after me. It can be really tricky for your online
students to distinguish between your instructions and the key words and
phrases that you want them to repeat. So by having a visual cue to indicate the
key word or phrase that they have to repeat back, helps to make things more
clearer. For example, Wow okay Sarah, can you say dog.
Dog. Dog. Can you say, dog. Number two it's your turn. Without giving students a
clear indication that it's their turn to speak, then you might find that students
just don't speak at all. But we can make things clearer with a simple visual cue
so that students know that it's their turn to practice. For example... Hey Sarah, can you
say, dog, dog, dog. Good job! Number three, try again. Now sometimes when students
are answering your question or repeating words back to us they don't quite get
things right. But, rather than just giving them the answer, we just want them to try
again. And again, we can use a visual cue to help make this clear. For example... Okay
Sarah, can you say, dog, hog... try again... dog. Good job! So when you put these three
visual cues into practice, things become much clearer for your students. So there you
have it, three visual cues that you can try with your online class tomorrow. If
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