5 ways to make online lessons fun and effective

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Now that we’ve managed to start teaching online without training all of a sudden, it’s time for us to think about how to select games, texts and videos to make lessons more interactive, communicative and fun.

In his fourth video for Pavilion ELT, Rubens Heredia shares 5 ways to improve the quality of online English lessons and engagement of students, using communicative methodology, free online tools and authentic materials.

 

 

References:

Robin Walker: Independent listening

Wisc-Online: use and create a range of different online games

Edpuzzle: use and create activities with YouTube video

Kahoot: use and create interactive online games

Quizlet: use and create flashcards and games

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Rubens Heredia
Rubens Heredia
Rubens Heredia has been a vlogger for Pavilion ELT since December 2019. His vlog posts draw upon his experiences as a teacher and teacher trainer, as well as the ones as a student of Catalan and they provide a huge variety of teaching tips and techniques to use in the classroom, in flipped learning and in live online classes. Rubens is currently working as a freelance CELTA trainer, based in Barcelona, and he is the co-founder of whatiselt.com, a website and social media platform dedicated to helping English teachers and teacher trainers with definitions of common ELT concepts as well as examples and tips on how to use them more effectively in lessons. He began his teaching career in Brazil, where he taught one-to-one lessons and groups of children, teens and adults. Rubens has been involved in teacher training and course design for the last eight years. He's also a frequent speaker at international conferences and you can catch more from him on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: @whatiselt.