Nervous about online teaching for the first time well stay tuned for the top
tips to get you started with online teaching from home.
Hi my name's Jema Perry and welcome to Mooncake where ESL teaching is made easy.
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below and let me know where in the world you are teaching. So if you're like me
and you're living that quarentine life in China right now then it's quite
likely that you've been asked to start teaching online. For classroom based
teachers this can be intimidating, for a number of reasons. Firstly, you might not
have ever taught online before and secondly, even if you have this situation
is slightly different. We're all stuck at home with limited to no materials and
without the support of an online teaching company. So, what are we gonna do?
Well fear not because whether you're being asked to produce short teaching
videos or full online classes, this two-part video series is here to help
you prepare and give the best class for your students. So let's get started with
today's topic, short teaching videos. Not all schools are opting to teach full
online classes but rather asking teachers to produce short teaching
videos that can be shared with students through social media platforms. Now these
videos don't need to be that long they're usually around 30 seconds to a
minute. Of course the first thing to think about
when we're producing video is your setup. So make sure you check out my online
teaching tips video linked below, where I go through some top tips to get you
looking your best on camera . Next, you need to think about your students age
group and their language level so that you can choose an appropriate subject or
activity. Today I'm going to share a few ideas to help get you going. Starting
with, nursery rhymes. Now, nursery rhymes are fantastic for those lower level
younger students because the rhyming helps to develop phonological awareness.
Phonological awareness is a pre phonics skill, the more students develop
their phonological awareness the better they're going to do at phonics later on.
Now to help keep your video short and to the point, we're going to follow a simple
video format. Start with a quick hello and introduction, then you're going to do
a sound or an action to help give context to what you're talking about,
you're then going to sing the nursery rhyme with some simple TPR that students
can follow at home. If you're not sure what I mean by TPR
then make sure you check out my video on TPR linked below. So altogether your
video should look something like this...
Hi everybody, I'm Miss Jema. Hello Miss Jema! I'm a sheep, hey I know a song
about a sheep. Lets sing together. Are you ready? Hands on your head. Hands
on your head. Are you ready, baa black sheep have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir
three bags full. One for the master one for the Dame and one for the little boy
who lives down the lane.
I know, I know, you feel really silly when you're doing it but the kids love it.
Tongue-twisters. For higher-level students tongue-twisters can also be a
fun video. Now tongue twisters are great because they help to strengthen and
stretch the muscles in the mouth which later can help improve pronunciation. You
can follow the same video format and produce a video that looks something
like this... Hi everybody, I'm Miss Jema, Miss Jema.
Say hello Miss Jema!
Beep beep! It's a yellow lorry. Wow, hey I know it's tongue twister about yellow
lorries. Let's try it together five times nice and slow.
Yellow lorry, Are you ready? Yellow lorry, yellow lorry, yellow lorry, yellow lorry,
yellow lorry. Whoo that was easy. Let's try and go a bit faster. Are you ready?
Yellow lorry, five times nice and fast. Ready? Yellow lorry, yellow lorry, yellow
lorry, yellow lorry, yellow lorry. Woo that was hard huh. Good job everybody, bye bye!
Don't afraid to draw or find pictures online to help give context to the
tongue twister or song that you're practicing. Phonics. Phonics is a great
topic for short videos because you can isolate one phonics skill and have
students practice at home. Think about your students and where they are with
their phonics learning. You could teach the letter sounds, blending, segmenting, or
even sight words. If you're not sure how to develop your students phonics skills
then be sure to check out my series on teaching phonics linked below. Once again
using that same video format it's easy to produce an engaging video. Hi
everybody! I'm miss Jema, Miss Jema and we'll say hello Miss Jema, hello
everybody. So today we're gonna learn how to write the letter A, a, a, hmm who knows
what the letter A sounds like? That's right, ah, ah ah, ah good job! Alright
everyone take your pens. Are you ready? We're gonna go top to bottom, top to
bottom, left to right should we try again top to bottom top to bottom left to
right. Wow good job everybody. bye-bye! I know I
know, I know, I know, it's totally cringy. But you have to remember that we're
competing with the TV and so we need to be more energetic and enthusiastic about
what we're doing then if we were in the classroom. For those lower level students
that are not quite writing letters yet you can have them practice different
lines at home. This means that they'll be developing
their pencil grip, their control, and their directionality. Have them start
with simple straight lines going from top to bottom and left to right, and then
later introduce some curved lines. You can also have them practice different
shapes. Think about your students what their needs are and what they should be
practicing the most. So there you have it some short teaching video ideas to help get
you started with teaching from home. If you like this video let me know by
hitting that like button and by sharing any ideas that you might have in the
comments below. As I mentioned before, be sure to check out the online teaching
tips video where I go through some top tips to get you looking fantastic on
camera and be sure to check out part two of this teaching tips series where I go
through how to teach group classes online. That's it for this video thanks
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