The session tonight was on the Present Perfect. It's the first of the part II course lessons, ie the first time I've been explaining grammar rather than just explaining what things are called. It was largely quite successful, but went on for much longer than I had planned - about 90 mins, not 60. I thin this was necessary, to be honest, I couldn't have done it justice in less, but I may have to rethink the times - maybe this part II has to have 90 minute sessions.
More trouble with the breakout rooms and the (not responding) signal. I'll have to get on to Adobe again - this only seems to have happened since they changed the programme - I want the old one back!!
What was interesting tonight was that people were comfortable to use voice for the first time. I had a lot more vocal feedback and much less text chat. Not sure whether this is good or bad as it meant that some of the participants were less involved, but it made it feel more like an interactive classroom environment. Not sure how this will work if the group is much bigger.....
Started to think about a website - I'll need one if this is going to be a commercial venture. There's a lot of interest in the pilot course (it is free, though....) - I've had 15 people sign up in 2 days - what is really interesting is that they are not in any way all pre-celta trainees - a lot of them are post celta or qualified teachers in a job...... There may be a lot of mileage in this.
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