Distance Teaching

By
delgado.julio@
rocketmail.com

Version 2
Day 1. What is distance teaching?
Terminology
 Types of courses
Face to Face Online Blended
f2f
Before starting an online session
 Starting
• Be connected at least 15 min before.

• Give 2 mins to wait for everybody to connect.

• Record the session.

• Present yourself and the purpose and time of the meeting.

• Ask attendees to present themselves with camera on and to close their mic
until they are nominated for a question.
 Starting
• Open the pages, sites, presentations, etc. you will use for the class on your
computer.

• Speak slower, as the connection can be lagged.

• When you share presentations, material, etc., remember to check if

students can see it in their screen.
 Starting
This video shows
important things
to bear in mind
when setting up
your distance
classroom.
Click here

By Montse García
Microsoft Teams
 Tutorial for Teachers

On this tutorial we
can learn how to
use Microsoft
Teams.
Click here

By Junuen
Mondragón,
suggested by Sandy
Guerrieri
 Creating teams and
Channels
On this other
tutorial we will
learn how to
create Teams and
Channels within
the session.
Click here

By Montserrat
García
 How to share audio

When pressing
share…

don’t forget to tick this box

 How to share screens

This option will share

Some students may
all your desktop
not have these
These will only share options
the screen you select
History of distance learning

(Ken Beatty, 2020)

Types of Learners

(Marc Prensky, 2001)

 Who are we teaching to?

Digital
Natives
What are their
characteristics?
Who are we teaching to?

Digital
Immigrants
What are their
characteristics?
Face to Face vs Distance
Learning
 What are the advantages of
distance learning?

Please write your answers on the chat.

 What are the disadvantages
of distance learning?

Please write your answers on the chat.

 Team A
• affective filter
• eliciting from students
• seating arrangements
• instructions
• whiteboard
• tasks
• homework
Team B
• realia used by teacher
• videos used by teacher
• books
• on the spot / delayed
error correction
• class code
• classroom setting
• activities
 Compilation of Tips
From Face
to Face to
Distance
Learning
tips
 Speaking tasks

Speaking tasks for

them to do in
pairs, for one
minute during
class, as flipped
task or homework.

(Carol Rainbow, 2020)

 Speaking tasks

Speaking tasks for

them to do in
pairs, for one
minute during
class, as flipped
task or homework.

(Carol Rainbow, 2020)

 Speaking tasks

Speaking tasks for

them to do in
pairs, for one
minute during
class, as flipped
task or homework.

(Carol Rainbow, 2020)

 Speaking tasks

Speaking tasks for

them to do in
pairs, for one
minute during
class, as flipped
task or homework.

(Carol Rainbow, 2020)

 Speaking tasks

Speaking tasks for

them to do in
pairs, for one
minute during
class, as flipped
task or homework.

(Carol Rainbow, 2020)

 Speaking tasks

Speaking tasks for

them to do in
pairs, for one
minute during
class, as flipped
task or homework.

(Carol Rainbow, 2020)

 Speaking tasks

Speaking tasks for

them to do in
pairs, for one
minute during
class, as flipped
task or homework.

(Carol Rainbow, 2020)

 Speaking tasks

Speaking tasks for

them to do in
pairs, for one
minute during
class, as flipped
task or homework.

(Carol Rainbow, 2020)

 Speaking tasks

Speaking tasks for

them to do in
pairs, for one
minute during
class, as flipped
task or homework.

(Carol Rainbow, 2020)

 Speaking tasks

Speaking tasks for

them to do in
pairs, for one
minute during
class, as flipped
task or homework.

(Carol Rainbow, 2020)

 Expert session
A student gets the opportunity to talk about his / her
specialist subject for two minutes, for example:
Great for
exams. • Why I support ‘Pumas’.
• How to cook a dish.
• My favourite band.
• My favourite Netflix show.

(Kath Stannett, 2020)

 Speaking Tasks Sheet

Speaking Tasks
Sheet

In this sheet we are

compiling the
questions that can be
useful for the speaking
tasks.
 Audio

Audio Voice
Recorder
This is a site where you
can record yourself
and download an
audio file to share with
the class.
Suggested by Lenka Peña
Day 2. Delivering an online
session
Recycling Language

(Source)
 Recycling language
Recycling is to make learners
Systems Skills
practice language they have
seen previously. The recycled
lesson lesson
Vocabulary Listening
language will be re-introduced Phonology Reading
in a different context, or Discourse Writing
Grammar Speaking
through a different skill. That • ChChCh • TBL
is if one class was systems- • TTT • PBL
• PWP
oriented, then the next one
should be skills-oriented.
 Chunk – Chew – Check
sequence

Like a normal session, online classes can have sequences. The

following one is the online the equivalent of a PPP sequence for 1 hr.

(Christina Cavage, 2020)

 Chunk Check

Lead-in Chew Close

 Lead-in
• Welcome students.
• Call roll.
• Remind your students rules of interaction (no
background noise, nomination to speak, etc.).
5 min • Warm-up questions, e.g.: How was your week?
• The purpose is to herd in students to make them
switch to studying mode.
 Chunk
• Just as in Presentation, in this stage of the
sequence, the teacher gives input to the session.
• We can have grammar, vocabulary, phonology or
discourse input.
15 min • We can explain info with power points, videos,
images.
• Try to include students in the input, e.g.: Sandy,
What do you think about this picture?
 Chew
• This would be the equivalent of Practice, so it is the
best place to make them do controlled practice,
e.g.: Tell two sentences with target structure /
vocabulary / function.
15 min • Besides telling them instructions, you can write
them on the chat (equivalent to ICQs).
• Try to include all students in this stage by direct
nomination.
 Check
• Students check what they produced.
• Assign different forms of checking set tasks. For
example write a paragraph, or write 5 sentences
on the chat, etc.
15 min • Try to personalize knowledge by using target
language or vocab with student’s experience, e.g.:
Write 5 sentences with reported speech to describe
what your colleagues or classmates told you during
the week on the chat. You have 7 mins.
 Close
• Reflection or Take-away of the session (Think –
Pair – Share)
• Assign flipped tasks.
• Q&A.
5 min • Show them what they have achieved.
• Set homework that can be sent by mail.
• Do a game.
• Thank students.
 Chunk Check
15 min 15 min

Lead-in Chew Close

5 min 15 min 5 min
Test – Teach – Test
sequence

(Source)
 Test Test

Lead-in Teach Close

 Test Teach Test

• Exercises (fill in the • Give test again with

gaps, categorizing, exercises with
answer questions, controlled practice
• Give feedback on
transform using target
first test and check
sentences). language to check
errors.
• This is to check students’ progress.
what they know and • Discussion, talks,
what they don't role-plays, etc.
know.
 Test Test
15 min 15 min

Lead-in Teach Close

5 min 15 min 5 min
TBL and PBL
Sequence
 TBL

(Susan Verner, 2020)

Set a Calendar-PBL
Set a Calendar-PBL
Set a Calendar-PBL
Set a Calendar-PBL
 TBL

45 min

Lead-in PBL Close

5 min 5 min

45 min
Pre – While – Post

(Kath Stannett, 2020)

Pre-Reading
Task

Post-Reading Task
 Pre Post
15 min 15 min

Lead-in While Close

5 min 15 min 5 min
Flipped classroom
 Flipped classroom
1 2 3
Digital Digital
Immigrant Natives

4 5 6
Digital Digital
Immigrant Natives
 Flipped classroom
1 2 3

Team 1

4 5 6

Team 2
 Flipped classroom
1 2 3

Team 1

4 5 6

Team 2
 Day 3. Resources

Click on the blue letters to be redirected to the links of the pages.

 Grammar sites
ego4u.com

Although a German site, it

features clear English
language explanations
and self-gradable
exercises. It has many
sections but the highlights
are the grammar,
vocabulary and tests.
 Grammar sites
Perfect English
Grammar

This a must for all

grammar junkies!
Seonaid’s site has
explanations and
exercises from basic
through advanced level. It
also has a subscription list
to receive your daily dose
of rules.
 Video
film-english.com

This multi-award winner

site gathers many
commercials, videos and
shorts that can be used
for ESL, and many other
type of lessons too. It even
includes a LP for every
posted video.
 Video
Fasten your
Seatbelts

This is a series of 72
short videos that give
cultural info of
manners and
traditions from
different Asian and
European countries.
 Video
Ted Talks

3300+ talks from all

over the world, in 116
languages, with topics
from Activism to Youth.
You can download the
video with its subtitles.
Perfect for fill in the
gaps and discussion
rounds.
 Video

Speaking tasks for

them to do in
pairs, for one
minute during
class, as flipped
task or homework.
 Video
The English We
Speak
800+ short audios that
explain English
phrases and idioms.
Spoken with a nice
London accent, this
podcast allows you to
download the audio
and script to create
worksheets.
 Video

6 minute English
Similar to The English
We Speak, it is a
podcast with many
topics. It includes tape
scripts and
downloadable audios
as well.
 Video
Now This
This news site has both
articles to read and short
videos with subtitles for
students to add new
vocab. If you search for it
on Facebook, you and
your students will get
those videos on your wall.
It also has sections like
politics, tech, business,
etc.
 Video

watchmojo.com

This site features lots of

pop culture sections. The
section of daily top ten is
highly engaging. Also, the
speech of their presenters
is not difficult understand.
 Presentations

Presentations
folder

In the link there is a

bank of different
presentations that will
be growing over time.
 Images

What is it?

This site from British Council

features many close-ups of
everyday objects, which can
be great to use modals of
probability, adjective order,
etc.
 Images

Photo Caption

Also from British Council,

here we have many odd
photos for students to
caption or invent a story.
Besides, this is something we
can do with the myriad of
cool photos we may find
online.
 Images
miniature-
calendar.com
This site features models
made for every day of the
year – since 2011!
Students can write or
describe:
A levels - food, prepositions of
place, there is/there are
B levels – passive voice, verbs
in different tenses,
countable/uncountable
C levels - phrasal verbs,
idioms, collocations
Games and activities
 Jeopardy
Here are the answers … but what are the
questions?
Great to end a

1. Paul, John, George, Ringo Topic: wh~ questions

session.
2. People Topic: plurals
3. Mona Lisa Topic: passive voice
By Kath Stannett
4. 3.1416 CLIL question
5. The Sun and the Wind question about reading lessons
 Kahoot!
As a special treat for the emergency situation, Kahoot is giving premium features
for free. Great for assessing knowledge at the end of class.
Suggested by Lenka Peña
 Noughts and crosses
Create a mini- 1. Sequences 2. The 3. Tell the steps
review of the we saw to comparative of of the CH-CH-
topics of the teach online. popular. CH sequence.
session or course,
especially for 6. A suggestion
4. The site of
extended 5. A fact about before
live talks and
sessions like cats. teaching
conferences.
Saturdays’. online.
8. Studying at 9. The way the
By Kath Stannett 7. One game
a / an Sun won
we can set
university is against the
online.
expensive. wind.
 Emoji movie/stories
One student
chooses emojis or Student 1:
gifs and posts
them on the chat.
The others have
to guess the
movie or write a
story.
Student 2: It’s happy feet!!
By Phillip Haines
Day 4. Micro teaching
Useful Sites
 Sites
Lyrics Training

Available on the site

and as an app, here
students can practice
singing with the lyrics
of their favourite song
as a karaoke or with
multiple choice
exercises.
 Sites
Google Arts and
Culture

This is an interactive
gallery full with articles
and videos that can
perfectly complete a
session or be assigned
for flipped tasks.
 Sites

Quizlet

A site that generates

flashcards. You can
also browse sets from
many other topics like
ESL, finances,
mathematics, biology,
etc.
 Sites
Classroom Screen

A site that makes up

for the whiteboard
that we are missing. It
features a traffic light,
a counter, watch, text
and drawing slate.

Suggested by Montse
García
 Sites
Miro

This is an interactive
whiteboard where we
can make our students
paste images, videos,
texts, etc. It would be
great for TBL and PBL.

Suggested by Lenka Peña

 Sites
Answer Garden

This site generates

word clouds from
students’ answers. It
can be awesome for
brainstorming
activities.

Suggested by Paloma
Labastida
 Sites
Flippity

Change the google

speadsheets into
various cool
activities.

Suggested by
Viridiana Quintero
and Roberto Veloz
 Bibliography and references
Books:
• How to teach English • Teaching Online • The Online Teaching
Online and 1-on-1 Survival Guide
Like a Pro
 Bibliography and references
Books:
• Teaching online. A • The Image in English • Teach Like a Pirate
practical guide Language Teaching
 Bibliography and references
Links and webinars:
• Blended learning
• Classroom management in large online classrooms
• Teaching online - using your coursebook and ideas for breakout rooms
• Pearson Webinars
• British Council Webinars
• 100 Blended Learning Resources For Teachers
• Phillip Haines - 25 ideas for using WhatsApp with English language students
 Bibliography and references
Presentations:

• Beatty, Ken. Distance Teaching and Learning: Useful Tips for Making it Work.
2020.

• Cavage, Christina. Digital solutions for online learnings. 2020.

• Prensky, Marc. Nativos digitales, Inmigrantes digitales. 2001.

• Stannett, Kath. Motivating Learners. 2020

• Verner, Susan. How to Plan a Task Based Grammar Lesson. 2020.

Q&A
 One last thing…

Good morning
students!

We are not alone…

By Edutopia
Thanks!