One of the strategies to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus or getting the covid-19, has been keeping distance between ourselves and others. Nowadays, it seems that most people understand how important it is to do so. However, it seems that little is done to protect our emotional health, which, according to Amy Banks´(2020) research, shows that emotional...
In the midst of the pandemic, teachers were pushed into the future much faster than they thought. Before the emergence of the Covid-19 crisis, online teaching was an option that had only just begun to gain supporters and followers. In fact, at least in Peru, for many educational institutions investing in technological supplies such as laboratories, computers and electronic...
Through the years, in the need to communicate with other communities, people developed different approaches and methods to teach foreign languages. Since the 70’s, in which the Communicative Approach gained widespread approval and use, no new approaches have been developed. And it is likely that we will not see any in the near future either. That is because Communicative...
Opposite to what a lot of people believe, the virtual classroom is not any more
static or passive than the real classroom. On the contrary, if handled right, it is
a better vehicle for many of the more modern language teaching techniques of
intensified interaction, student centered lessons and coaching students to
become responsible for their own learning. It can be defined then...
Hace casi 200 años, nuestros antepasados se unieron para luchar y lograr nuestra independencia. Muchos cayeron en esa contienda, pero al final los peruanos pudimos vivir libres. Hoy un nuevo enemigo nos maltrata, diezma y acongoja a nuestras familias. Mientras recordamos por estos días la gesta de la independencia, luchamos por liberarnos de un enemigo, esta vez invisible, pero quizás más...
As mentioned in the introduction to our current series of articles, one of the biggest challenges faced by teachers working in online education is how to provide feedback, especially when teaching large groups. Here we will share three aspects that could contribute to more successful experiences when guiding your students’ work. AUDIO AND VIDEO FEEDBACK We certainly speak faster than we...
