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We’ve experienced significant change to our daily lives across the world over the last weeks. One of these, is the move from face-to-face teaching in the classroom, to teaching online. Kate Brierton is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Wellbeing & Special Educational Needs Governor at Impington Village College. She presents and blogs for Cambridge University Press on compassion and wellbeing in education. This time, she’s sharing her 3 mindfulness tips for teachers facing big changes in their everyday work lives.
According to Mark Twain “Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words”. However, this is not a common thought among teenagers, who generally believe that writing is something complex. This way of thinking means we can be met with bored faces whenever students are asked to write in class. What are the reasons behind it? How can we help turn those expressions into smiles?
ANSWER: There are two parts to this answer: (1) The first has to do with involving the learner ‘cognitively’ in the content of the recorded material, and (2) the second part, with preparing learners for what they are to listen for in order to complete the activity’s task. Here is an example of a listening activity:
LISTENING (from Upstream, pre-intermediate, Express Publishing, p. 75)
Answer: It is true, it's about this time of year where we need a "change". The activity below may be what you need.
"FROM A to Z"Level: A2 - B1, 13 - 14+
ANSWER: Now that summer is here and many of us will be spending time near the sea, we can use a series of video activities to introduce useful words and, at the same time, further sensitize our learners about the importance of recycling plastic.
QUESTION: As language teachers, the ‘authority’ in class, we have many opportunities to give feedback to our learners. My question is “How can we encourage our learners to give us feedback on how much they value what we ask them to do and how they feel when interacting in class?”