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What has been your top 3 challenges as an ESL teacher, teaching online, during COVID- lockdown?

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Question added by Vidhya Raghavan , English Language Instructor (ESL Teacher) , King Abdulaziz University / University of Jeddah
Date Posted: 2020/05/08
Vidhya Raghavan
by Vidhya Raghavan , English Language Instructor (ESL Teacher) , King Abdulaziz University / University of Jeddah

My top 3 challenges as an ESL Teacher whilst teaching online during COVID-19 lockdown were:

 

1.  Adapting the textbook designed for face to face teaching to online content.  I supplemented the text book material with online fun and engaging activities with Kahoot and Socrative.

2.  Getting students to participate.  It was a new experience for them and they were shy about typing their answers.  I adapted my activities to do polls and activities using emojis and had fun points for students who gave me verbal responses.

3.  Troubleshooting Blackboard issues were a significant issue for me.  I used Blackboard help and YouTube and inhouse experts to resolve these issues.

 

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