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Teaching grammar
and vocabulary in
the socially-distanced
classroom
Matthew Ellman
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Session outline
• Your current teaching contexts
• Ingredients of good language
teaching
• Practical ideas for teaching
• Q&A
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Your current
teaching context
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Education in the pandemic
• 134 countries implemented nationwide
closures and 38 implemented local closures
• School closures have impacted about
98.5% of the world’s student population
• 66.9% of teachers had to teach online for
the first time Figures from UNICEF, 2020
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What age group(s) do you teach?
a) Pre-primary (under 5)
b) Primary (6-11)
c) Secondary (12-17)
d) Adult
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How are you teaching now?
a) Online
b) Face to face
c) Online and face to face
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What effect do
anti-Covid
measures have on
your lessons?
Context Feedback
Input Recycling
Context Feedback
Input Recycling
Context Feedback
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