JOANNA HELEN KANOUSSI
I am an MA English Language teacher with a great experience in teaching young learners and adults.I specialize in preparing students for Cambridge and IELTS exams.My lessons are always activity based.
Location ATHENS. GREECE
Activity
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Using mimes or gestures.
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Translanguaging process is a real challenge in class!
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I have my students use L1 when playing educatonal games and they come up talking in English without even noticing it.
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By using repetitive,simple and easy to read structural patterns.
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I stimulate students with interesting educational games.
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I mostly engage in pair works in my classes.Really enjoyable!
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When teaching unknown vocabulary you always use visual support and connect information to the students' familiar patterns.
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The key words are modelling and deconstructing.
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As a summer school teacher in the UK I come across multi nationality groups of students and most of them have differencies in learning English, as a result of their cultural background.
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I don't like putting labels on my students.I just want to show them that I care.
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By making connections to English language examples.
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I always support target language through visual aids.
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In my lessons I usually have students seated in a circle and actually they generate a combination of every day and academic type of language.
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The circle class arrangement is more effective in students' learning.
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Grammar becomes interesting to students only if it is applied in meaningful structures.
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1.Video presentation about specific volcano traits
2.The purpose is to engage students to the process of volcanic eruption
3.Description of volcanic eruption
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I agree with you Lindsay.Learners are the key elements in any kind of teaching.And you have been soooo much supportive and encouraging throughout this course.Yes,you do a great job!
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So many tools all of a sudden! It's sooo hard to be a new online teacher!
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Now I wonder....
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I think I'll try Screencast.It sounds interesting!
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I use Word files for delivering feedback.
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I always provide my students with model answers and relevant linkers for approaching essays.
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BBC Learning English is just great!
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I always encourage my students to practise repeating difficult pronounced words in different oral activities.
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Ana's method seems a more interesting one than the other two, since you have the opportunity to get to know about your students' concerns.
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My students are so excited about recording self videos through Voice Spice!
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My feedback would probably be delayed.I am not a skilled typist at all!But I would definitely thank my students for taking part in the specific activity.
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I usually ask the student to practice with different examples so as to finally elicit the right answer.
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I always start with ice-breaking activities.
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I would offer them colourful stickers for boosting their speaking skills!
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The teacher could assign different job roles through pair work activities.
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We play role activity situations.
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Too good to be true online course!Thank you leaders!
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How can we assign homework in an online lesson?
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I've just joined a Facebook teaching community.
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Just try to create stimulating lesson materials for your students!
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I am only attending this course at the moment, but you know what? I think it's just great for my new online experience!
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We have to respect students' privacy.
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I like online companies that provide their own placement tests.
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The most useful tip here is about the lesson's policy issue.
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A good self-intro is all that matters to a prospective online student.
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I didn't know there were so many websites around! Is this real?
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For some reason or other, my students prefer watching my own videos as I use different prompts to present new grammatical structures.
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I like Storybird especially for brainstorming ideas!
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I use visual aids and short texts.
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I always use the method of elicitation through drilling activities.
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SOOO USEFUL IDEAS!!! THIS COURSE IS A MUST!
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Be fun and creative all the time!
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Upon completion of this course,I will have AT LAST! a good understanding of what takes to be a creative and inventive online teacher.
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You have given me the opportunity to see the other side of the teacher's coin!
Definitely stimulating course!! -
Critical friends tend to stimulate further my teaching online approach.
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Rapport and good plan organisation have worked for me so far.
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Kahoot is really an enjoyable assessment reasource.
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The feedback is an essential part of learning process as learners learn how to improve in weak points.
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Assessment always develops students' awareness of their current progress.
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The most challenging issue for me,has always been the same:Time Management!
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Teaching online appears to be the most powerful learning tool due to the current circumstanes but I will always long for a real face to face class!
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@MarieThereseSwabey Hi Marie Therese! You have been a great support for my new online teaching role!
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@RefiaAtmaca Hi Rafia!Thanks for informing me about the exam.It's really a great help at the moment and you are very sweet!
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Too close I guess! And you know what?It does all the job for me!Otherwise,I would have to talk for ever!Many thanks for the like!!
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We're ready to be more productive!
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Are there any ideas concerning effective online teaching materials for IELTS writing section?
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I really enjoy TED Ed short videos!
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Song dramatisations for motivating students to experience song's context.
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I use website listening material'
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A good quality microphone is all that matters! I use my cd player in all my teaching listening sessions and it has turned out to be my lovable teaching tool ever!
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I think British Council lesson materials provide me with anything I need.
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I use coursebooks and pdf resource documents,which I share with my students.
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At Elementary student level,it's better to set the reading of long articles as homework.
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I think the lesson's reading part aloud depends on the learner's level of understanding English.
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I think the biggest challenge to teach online is the writing part/essays,articles,e.t.c
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Now we come to the most interesting and challenging part of the course:assigments!
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The course's first week tips and comments provided me with great support for my first online teaching lesson.
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Could you recommend any tips for non native English teachers to succeed in getting hired in online teaching posts?
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The biggest challenge would having to face tech problems.
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I would ask them about their favourite hobbies and school subjects.
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I always start my lessons using ice-breaking activities and a big smile!
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I would write suitable expressions on the chat box for the students to practice their roles in the breakrooms.
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For presenting new grammatical structures.
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I think Skype is much more simpler to use comparing to Zoom.
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If you are a totally new online teacher,any platform still remains a challenge!
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I have only used Skype.
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I have taught through Skype platform but Ilike Zoom as well.
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I want a flexible schedule and more teaching hours.
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Hello everybody!I am Joanna from Athens,Greece and I have been teaching English for 15 years,both in classroom and in private tuition.I also work as a summer school teacher in the UK.I am really looking forward to attending this course as I've recently joined online teaching.
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Being a fresh online teacher,I really hope that by attending this course,I wiil learn valuable tips in terms of online teaching.
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I really enjoy working with Advanced level students.
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Hi!I`m an English language teacher and currently dealing with dyslectic students
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My students are of the same cultural backgroung but they differ in terms of learning capacity.
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Hi I am Joanna from Athens, Greece. I have decided to join this course because I want to improve my teaching skills as I am willing to teach in summer schools in the UK.
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I really enjoyed a set up role teaching lesson once focusing on the subject of politeness in England.All students had to use certain expressions of being polite in every day situations and that created lots of fun!
