Hi everyone.. I'm back with a new batch in tow.. This is the first time we are doing a fully online class, it seems that this is the new normal now as everyone has not achieved herd immunity against Covid 19. Anyway, this time I will be more specific with how I'm handling my classes, so that any newbie MUET teacher can get some ideas on how I teach. I must warn you that I use very unorthodox methods to teach as my objective is to always make English lessons Fun and Inspirational. I feel if you invest your time and love in a kid, only good things will come out of it, so my mission is to reach out to every one of them on a personal basis, by texting them personally with their performance updates in Telegram besides interacting with them in the group chat as well as Google Meet.
Ok, lesson 1 was each student makes a video of themselves as introduction. This kid Hafizi is exceptionally cooler as he made an edited one with pics, music etc. I reloaded him RM5 just to keep his spirits up. The rest sent videos, very unprofessional single shoots, but I don't mind as it is their first experience. I want them to upload 1:50 to 2:00 mins but most of them couldn't reach this length, so I told them I forgive them this time but the videos will be rejected in the future and they will have to redo (evil laugh!). Here were the instructions:
For today, write your name here as attendance and if you understand the task. Record a video of yourself NOT MORE THAN 2MINS AND NOT LESS THAN 1 MIN 50 SECS. Pls include Intro, your biodata, your family, your hopes for F6 and your future before you do a conclusion. Post the video here by midnight tonight. Tmrw we will GM and view the videos.
Next, lesson 2 was a Google meet, I showed them the videos starting from the last person to send in theirs (as the deadline was midnight, and I wanted them to learn that if they submit their work late, they will be the first to be shown in class - this may encourage them to be less tardy in the future.) While watching, they gave marks - 5 for Language and 5 for Confidence. Just a simple scoring system just to familiarise them with the fact that I am looking at these 2 main things. Not necessary to tell them about communicative ability at this point. We assessed about 10 students' videos and after that I showed them my blog. Their next task is to make their own blogs. Here are my instructions:
Today's task is to research how to make a blog either using blogspot, wix or wordpress, then upload your intro video there and write 200- 300 words about yourself. You can add other pictures/vidos/audio/gifs to make your blog post exciting. Deadline is midnight. Add your name here and your link to your blog once you have finished. Hv fun!
Ok.. will update this post tmrw after Lesson 3:
