Course: Teaching English Online

We’ve come to the end of the second week of the course and, in this video, Lindsay and Marie Therese look back at some of the main talking points of …

There are several digital tools that allow online teachers to provide useful feedback to learners on their written work. Teachers can provide feedback orally in a lesson, or you might …

The first step to helping learners with their pronunciation is diagnosing issues they may have in relation to sounds, word stress, sentence stress and intonation. Task Watch Mary talking about …

Let’s finish this week by focusing on developing learners’ writing skills in an online classroom. While an online teacher’s approach to writing skills will be similar to that of a …

Teaching language in context is incredibly important, as it helps learners to understand how the language is used and what it means. Online teachers need to consider how they’re going …

You’ve just heard Marie Therese and Lindsay talking about the challenges of multitasking when dealing with delayed error correction. In this step, you’re going to practise typing examples of good …

An online speaking lesson is likely to be structured in a similar way to a face-to-face speaking lesson. Learners will be introduced to the topic, be given some useful language …

There are many online listening resources that learners can use to help them develop their listening skills independently. You’re going to review some of those resources and think about their …

When teaching a reading lesson, it’s important to plan how the text will be shared with learners. Will you display it on your platform’s whiteboard? Display it on your screen …

Our next focus is on helping learners to develop their speaking skills in online lessons. You’re going to listen to Lindsay and Marie Therese talking about key things to remember …

Let’s now think about teaching listening skills in an online lesson. When you teach a listening lesson online, the structure of the lesson is likely to be the same as …

Let’s now focus on how we can help learners to develop reading skills in an online environment. You’re going to watch a video of Lindsay and Marie Therese summarising what …

Here’s a taste of what we’ll be talking about next week. Task Watch the video. What do you think Lindsay and Marie Therese are talking about? Share your ideas in …

Let’s begin by talking about what we mean by online teaching. Who do you teach? Who do you work for? In this video, some of our teachers tell us about …

Whenever we start teaching in a new context, we find ourselves having to spend more time researching and planning. We also need to pay more attention to the techniques we …