My students were able to learn about other students’ lifestyles and how the pandemic was affecting them. TOP TIP: Connect with other teachers and students around the world! I started a pen-pal project with several schools in other countries and it yielded wonderful results. However, on the bright side, since students have less school work, we have been able to explore new surroundings, talk about incidents that we would never have thought of until this lockdown, and spend a lot more time learning English. There have been many funny (meme-worthy) incidents over the last few months, where students were eating, watching television, conversing with their siblings, arguing with parents or generally distracted, while I carried on. It was also difficult to get students to understand the importance of attending these sessions. The most challenging part of online lessons in India was how many students were not able to participate because of a lack of technological know-how and poor internet connection. Google forms have also been useful for producing quick online quizzes for students. I make sure to share the link for the online lesson and lesson recordings in our WhatsApp groups before and after our sessions. TOP TIP: WhatsApp has been very helpful during this time. They said that they didn’t feel like they were online during my lessons as I made it feel like the usual classroom experience. Although it was my first time teaching online, I received good feedback from my students and felt satisfied with my teaching. “The pandemic has taught me to value everything we have.” Fariha Haidary, Afghanistanĭuring the pandemic, I have been teaching English to business and journalist students at university. Using a flipped-classroom approach with tools such as Kahoot, Wordify, Padlet, and Oxford Learn are amazing in helping us achieve our teaching and learning outcomes. TOP TIP: Sometimes, I felt like I was talking to myself and no one was participating in the online lesson. Teaching online was new to all of us and it was difficult not being able to meet our students face-to-face. Their fears and uncertainty around the situation overwhelmed their thoughts so we have had to help with this. It has been really challenging to teach students during this time. Life is full of ups and downs, but there is no mountain too high nor is there an ocean too deep. It has taught me a priceless lesson of not taking things for granted. This pandemic has taught me to value everything we have our families, friends, books, life, pets and countries. In this two-part blog series, we contacted this year’s Headway Scholars to find out more about their pandemic teaching experiences and any advice they have for our teaching community. Read their stories below!Ĭomments have been condensed and edited for clarity. They have had to transform their lessons into online sessions and adapt to rules and advice to keep their students safe and make sure they can continue learning. This year may have been difficult for everyone across the globe, but it has been especially challenging for teachers.
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