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Developing rapport and motivating learners

In the previous step we talked about how establishing good rapport with a learner and maintaining their motivation can be more challenging online than in the face-to-face classroom. You shared …

An overview of key skills

While the principles of teaching and learning remain the same across different teaching contexts, teaching online requires some new skills, as well as the adaptation of existing skills to suit …

Other digital tools and resources

In Step 1.6, we talked about the equipment an online teacher needs and the resources an online teacher can use, such as puppets and realia. In this step, we’re going …

Getting to know your platform

In the previous step, one of the resources mentioned as essential for online teaching was an online teaching platform. In this video, our teachers talk about some of the different …

What equipment do you need?

Once you’ve decided to teach online, you need to make sure that you have the right equipment to get started. You’re going to watch a video where Lindsay, Marie Therese …

Introduction to the course and welcome to week 1

Welcome to our Teaching English Online course. This course will help you transfer your teaching skills from the face-to-face classroom to a digital environment so that you can deliver effective …

End-of-course video and further reading

We’ve reached the end of the course and, in this video, Lindsay and Marie Therese look back at some of the things we talked about this week and in previous …

Joining an online community of teachers

You’ve heard Lindsay and Marie Therese suggesting that online communities are a good way for online teachers to connect with each other. They’re now going to suggest ways in which …

An overview of professional development

We’re now going to turn our attention to professional development for online teachers. Online teachers tend to work alone, which means they don’t always benefit from the kinds of professional …

Flipping your online classroom

Flipping the classroom has gained popularity in recent years. The flipped classroom stemmed from subject teachers’ desire to provide learners with more application of the things they learn. It involves …

Materials and activities for online lessons

We’ve looked at platforms and talked about digital tools and resources, now let’s start thinking about materials and activities you can use when teaching online. Task Watch the video of …

Running your online teaching business

Once you’ve attracted students, you need to ensure that you run your business effectively so that you maintain good relationships with your students, get paid on time and keep good …

Online language lessons

As with face-to-face language lessons, online language lessons give learners the opportunity to notice language in context, understand how that language is used, formed and pronounced, and practise using that …