 Hey everybody, it's Liza here and I'm glad to welcome you at another live stream session with ITTT It's been quite a long time since we've met previously Actually, it was like last year because I had quite a long vacation and I hope that you still remember me because I kind of missed This live stream sessions So as I have already mentioned today's live stream session is gonna be devoted to Quite an interesting point, which is the ESL strategy for 2022 and I also want to say that well, we kind of Discuss this thing already, but the problem is that not every Teacher is ready to implement this idea So I hope that today's live stream session is gonna be valuable for you from the perspective of Getting inspired somehow and probably changing your mindset and thinking about how to Start working slightly differently Because we all are people and we tend to do the same thing that is Normal and that feels More convenient Unfortunately, it doesn't work Quite well in this fast-moving world That is why I am here to share this idea and share my personal experience as well So stay here with me and I hope that you will like some of the points at least and maybe you will decide to try them and If you don't know me yet, I'm happy to welcome you at this live stream session So my name is Lisa. I'm a non-native ESL teacher and a host of these live stream sessions so I hope that Those of you who are non-native ESL teachers as well will find my live stream session helpful to some extent at least and I hope that You will get some valuable Tip from here and I don't know what else maybe get in touch with me because I like to Make meaningful connections with my viewers usually and I also run this live stream sessions weekly So I hope that we will become real friends with you guys. So Let me change my Video slightly let me switch it so that you can see my presentation better So, yeah, I think this way is better. All right let's dive right into and Let me quickly see The comments section because I can I can say there are some What some comments? alright All right, there is some communication going. I feel like that But no problem guys if you feel like Communicating talking to each other on the chat box feel free to do so because this live stream session is for networking as well So feel free to do that and now let me introduce the Business here. So I present this live stream session as a part of ITTT's approach and ITTT is a leading Teflon T sole Provider so if you feel like you want to Level up your English teaching career ITTT is right here for me for you. So we provide outstanding Teflon T sole courses and if you want to or if you consider You know Taking your career To the next level feel free to check out our resources. We are also presented on various social media so Check this out and I hope we will keep in touch and At the top Right corner of your screen. You can see this QR code which gives you a 30% discount of any ITTT's online Teflon courses. So for your convenience, if you want to take your Teflon certification feel free to check out this QR code feel free to take the that course with which suits you best and Also, I want to say that Right now my speech might sound a little bit slow. That's because I haven't practiced for a while Unfortunately here in Russia. I don't have much choices much opportunity to speak so often so That's why I might sound like a slowpoke. So sorry for that. I will warm up probably I hope so at least okay, and now The topic that I have already promised to discuss today The ESL teaching strategy. So basically in my presentation, I decided to combine several popular approaches and You know to present this idea that everything works in combination I I Constantly get questions related to different teaching approaches and many new teachers believe that if they pick just one it will work for Whatever students they have Unfortunately, it is not so it doesn't work like this. So Right here right now. I just say that it is always better to Combine and to mix up just to make sure you Face the needs of various types of students and the first idea which appeals me most is that We teachers have to adjust our teaching style to the students needs So every time you prepare for a class you have to Think of your student to be in the center of the class. So forget about this old-fashioned teacher-centered approach where the teacher was like a leader in the classroom and all information was Coming from the teacher to the heads of the students these days It is old-fashioned. It is Outdated it doesn't work like this anymore because students also have some basic knowledge of different Concepts and they can become You know like leaders in your classroom as well and this is what you want to Facilitate as a teacher. So in this scheme on this scheme, you can see that you Should constantly think about your student being in the center and then you should ask yourself How do we respond to students needs? What do they want? How to use content and all that methodological stuff to engage students into the work into communication and so on and then How to Build those relationship to facilitate the learning process this is what we have to consider and to me it works best through this in Individualization and personalization Plus some positive relationship now my personal example I have a really nice student. She's 13 years old and When we started working she has already been kind of Proficient student not proficient of course, but like At her age. She was quite proficient. So she was much more ahead of the same age students and her needs were Higher much higher than those who studied In the same grade as she did so my approach was to put her in the center of our one-on-one classes and to consider her personal Interests needs and everything related to her persona. So that approach worked really good because she Developed that trust and These days like up to Almost two years of work. She says that these classes like my classes are not like school classes, but rather like Communication with a friend and I believe that this is what we all should strive for We have to consider our students being our friends Of course, we should level up this, you know Relationship we should balance them And there is some limitation to what we can share During the lessons what we shouldn't care and so on but in general, this is a great strategy. So Individualize Personalize everything you want to share Every content every material should be Taken based on what the student needs and then build on this positive relationship This is how this student center Learning framework works And then you just add on some different Things related to methodology Approaches and so on and so forth so when You put yourself In this scheme like like a leader It is not the same type of experience for the student So these days Student-centered learning approach Is the most modern and the most working one especially in the ESL teaching? But unfortunately student not students we People who used to work in a regular type of classroom back in the day we tend to you know Make our teaching style Similar to that That our teachers had at that time This is not the most proactive idea Unfortunately, okay, let's move on to the next part The second point which is also relevant to this 2022 strategy in ESL teaching is visualization and these days this is Quite easy to achieve So there is nothing Challenging to make your classes visually Friendly and at the same time interactive and Engaging so on the left on this picture on this slide you can see a List of resources you could use to make your classes interactive and Engaging with the use with the help of technology. So this platform called ad vibe. It's a great online teaching platform which provides different templates and Like kind of a constructor to make your Outstanding lessons so you can pick out One of like 30 different Templates and create your Engaging lesson and it's gonna be like interactive and engaging of course You can also use this platform to Carry out your lessons to deliver your lessons because they have a video live chat What else you can also set assignments Give homework through the platform and they also have ready made lessons ready made materials so you can just save time as a teacher just making copies and Providing your students those materials that have already been created by by some other teachers I guess it's really convenient because it helps to save up some time on preparation The next platform called word wall. It's also a constructor with various templates But it's more for creating games and activities So you can use this tool to make outstanding Interactive activities and then use them at your convenience when you have your classes and so on The rest is pretty clear as well. So I for example work on mirror It's like an online collaborative whiteboard. It is especially convenient to work on this whiteboard together with Several students. So if you work with groups, it's super convenient because everyone can collaborate In real time and it is very very engaging because students get involved into the Learning process. So again, this is a student-centered approach and You can also see three social networks. Why did I list them here is that? if you add on some Visual materials based on videos or pictures even blog posts, it should be Authentic from my point of view. Of course, it is also have it also has to be relevant. So you should work you should you know Discover so before you Offer some content to your students Try to work on them yourself So pick out the best quality materials because sometimes, you know, like bloggers They also create not the best type of content. So work on this platforms to find Engaging videos and materials that are relevant for your students once again and These days, especially if you work with teenagers TikTok videos are perfect to start a lesson or to like you know to break the ice and engage them into speaking activities or Engage them into grammar points. So whatever It it solely depends on your creativity But these resources are perfect to find something that is going to be authentic and Like Engaging at 100% So for interactive and engaging content To boost your students English experience use this resources and I hope that your lessons will Will be outstanding Okay by the way, if you have questions related to any of these materials, let me know in the chat box because You know, not everyone is Advanced in terms of technology And I totally understand that I started working online almost two years ago and at that time I had to think a lot and I had to explore a lot to Make my lessons at least a little bit of gay engaging my general strategy was showing PDF files and Probably that's it. So we worked with some text books and Nothing else these days I work with text books as well. So I base my lessons on those Popular publishers so I don't Create anything from scratch but I add on visual materials and Videos and so on to make it more Beautiful and to make it more visually friendly Okay And the last point of my presentation is here. So The approach you should implement in your ESL teaching strategy this year is differentiation and recycling So what I mean by saying differentiation It is especially relevant if you work with groups or classes We are a lot of people with different needs are presented so Sometimes in groups, we cannot control everyone especially in terms of needs and their Abilities so for this reason you should consider that you have to vary your lesson contents And you have to adjust the teaching strategy to the needs of the group not of a person So sometimes, you know It happened a lot to me when I was a student myself So I should say that I was not proficient So I was not the best student in the class and I always felt Left behind because the teacher offered content for proficient students who were quicker who were Faster learners than me and it felt so so depressing and annoying at the same time because I couldn't Catch up on them. So I had to struggle myself without any help and that's why I didn't like for example math physics and some other subjects at school Just because the content wasn't moderated to my personal needs because of the whole group and I studied in a classroom with those students who were Better than me in science subjects Unfortunately, so I constantly felt You know escaped maybe so I constantly felt left And these days being as being a teacher myself I Understand that it is important to think about everyone. Of course, it's not It's not a good idea to provide content for those Like considering just those who are weaker because this way Faster learners better students will feel left as well. So I have to moderate my teaching I have to differ a differentiate. So for those students who are Better or faster learners. I provide some new challenges constantly and for those who are slightly weaker and I offer some easier type of content Easier activities and exercises and of course I give them support. So if You find yourself in a position when some students Try their best to answer faster To you know, especially when it is quiet when you ask a question to a weaker student and it is quiet In a room for some time It's important to make sure the better learner the faster learner want Feel the quietness feel the silence with their personal ideas And this way you show your support to the weaker student If you agree with this approach, please let me know in the comments because I'm not sure if This idea is relevant to everyone So especially if you are If you work with a group, let me know how you do that And the second point from this slide recycling I believe that it is absolutely a must to give Your students opportunity to repeat everything Because our memory isn't that good unfortunately. I mean that memory That works like the the Short-term memory So you have to offer different types of Activities to repeat the content of your previous lessons or even Something you did with your students like long ago So for this thing, I once again, I have listed several Resources that can be used. So the first one is is Quizlet It's a great online tool to create those flip-flap cards. So It is useful to learn vocabulary and grammar if you If you explain it in chunks, for example So with this lexical approach Quizlet is perfect word wall. Once again, you can give your students Tasks to repeat some content based on games and Some engaging activities once again and this platform advibe It can also be used to repeat to retain materials So anyway, it is absolutely useful and helpful if you Work on the same content, but from different perspective again and again not just like yearly or Once In a month or something like that. Sometimes retention is necessary even more often Yeah, that's pretty much. I guess that This is it In terms of this ESL teaching strategy I'm going to implement this year. This is something I have already implemented Anyway, but I feel like I'm a bit weak in terms of retention and repetition. So this is something I want to work this year more on Let me know what is your strategy for this year? And if you find the tips that I have just Showed you relevant if you if you want to try them So let me know in the comments section Okay, and right now, let's have this Q&A I will answer your questions if you have any and also once again, you can see this QR code If you scan it, you will get a 30 discount of any ITTT's tappel courses online. So online tappel courses not all courses, but anyway If you want to Challenge yourself if you want to bring your Teaching career to the next level consider getting tappel certified because It is absolutely helpful for the teacher, especially for the new teacher Don't forget about your professional development And always strive for the excellence and I will now share the same coupon link In the comments section in the chat box. Give me a second Yeah, it is right here So here you are If you Follow this link from the chat box, you will also be able to get this 30 discount Make sure you save it for later Yeah, actually there is bill Who recommends another tool, which is kahoot. Yeah, it's also very engaging and I should say that on their Public page like the community page or something They have a lot of materials a lot of ready-made materials So it is absolutely cool to use this online tool as well Okay, thank you bill And let me see another Okay, so there is Akmal John I hope to pronounce the name correctly if I mispronounce it. Let me know So I took a TEFL course several years ago. It was back in 2017, I guess and this is how I started working with You know, this is how I started my TEFL career I would say that was almost the first step. So at that time I worked in China and I was I was a graduate student. So I I finished my university my bachelor's degree And I had no experience and also I had no clue about TEFL certification. I had no clue about teaching in general, but My major was linguistics was English linguistics. So That was the most, you know Logical outcome. I decided to start teaching because my English was quite decent So, yeah I started teaching in China and then I realized that I need to work on my methodology and stuff related to teaching in general. So I took this TEFL certification in 2017 and I should say that it was a great decision at that time because it helped me to Start building my career Yeah, that was absolutely a great decision to invest into myself and into my personal development and career, of course And let me show you Not show you let me read you what is written on my TEFL certificate I guess that these days it is slightly different, but in general the Visual appearance is quite the same so On my certificate it is written that I was awarded certificate in teaching English to speakers of other languages So at that time I decided that Getting a t-sol would be better for me, but basically TEFL and t-sol are quite the same. So The content is absolutely the same The content of the course itself And this Explanation this title. This is what you can decide upon finishing your study. So when you Finish the last assignment when you finish everything related to your TEFL certification course You will be able to decide which Title to write in your certificate. So I decided that I needed T-sol instead of TEFL but in general they are the same. This is the most Common question we get like what is the difference between TEFL and T-sol? So in terms of content of those courses, there is no difference But the difference is that The abbreviation is different Okay I hope that it works for you I hope that it is helpful All right. Yeah As for advibe So advibe is an online teaching platform. For example, I guess that you know such Such companies as VIP kit, for example advibe is A platform that you can kind of rent So for example VIP kit, they have their own Platform where teachers deliver different classes and they get all the material, but you have to You have to get hired by VIP kit As for advibe, you can just rent that platform and be a freelancing teacher yourself So you don't have to work for the company. You can work as an Entrepreneur or for example, you can start your online school And you can have the same quality of teaching Because you will have this TEFL not TEFL you will have this teaching platform But what I recommend doing is that Go and google this platform They are actually Um, they got their renaming so before they they called themselves progress me, but this day The they are advibe And I know that they this year they will go like On the international market So I guess that they have already got their International website It used to be russian only but these days I I suppose they have the same Yeah All right Yeah, bill actually gives a lot of relevant comments say thanks a lot Thanks for recommending t-sol Yeah, they are absolutely relevant, especially if you have no Educational background. So if you didn't if you haven't studied Um As if you have if you haven't prepared as a teacher or but rather like I don't know like me a linguist Or even something else Uh a TEFL certification a t-sol course would be absolutely worth it Um, okay And as for selta. Yeah, many people ask about selta as well So we don't provide selta at ITTT but selta is absolutely different. So it is more I guess it is more related to teaching adults If I'm not mistaken and this course Some time ago, I'm pretty sure not sure about these days It used to be An in-class course only so you couldn't take it in a real classroom And at the same time it was quite pricey. So When I was younger and when I Haven't taught before I considered like what to take a t-sol or selta and I decided to take a t-sol because it was More affordable for myself. So I could pay much less and have a quicker course With this feedback and so on so I guess it depends on your personal needs if you want a more Feedback based thing and A real classroom study Maybe selta will work for you, but it's a bigger investment Okay All right, I'm glad to hear that T-sol courses and selta as well help be able to find a job Easily that's Really really cool. Thanks a lot. By the way, bill. Uh, have you finished? A taffle course a t-sol course with ittt Or any other taffle provider? Let us know Yeah I guess that This is it for today, but I would like to invite you to my Group as well on facebook. So I have this facebook group that is for Like a small community For temple teachers Um, I hope that this year I will be more active on this group But in general if you have any questions related to temple t-sol English teaching in general Feel free to join in my facebook group and keep in touch Um, I think that uh esl teachers can help each other a lot Maybe share ideas exchange experience So this is uh, where we can do that um, I invite you in the group and um Yeah, thanks a lot for your, uh, participation Thanks a lot for coming to this live stream session and staying with me um For 40 minutes um, I hope that my pronunciation haven't uh bothered you today because I had a really long break after, you know, those active uh weekly live stream sessions and unfortunately I have no, um opportunity to Practice my english speaking in daily life because I live in russia uh, but I work With a teacher myself. Yeah And yeah, uh, actually I have a really uh great news um, I Took aisles uh last month. So in december and I got 8.0, which is really awesome um, I I hope that Uh, this score will go even up So Yeah, this is something I work on myself As well and let me know What do you do? Um, especially with non native fsl teachers. What do you do to work on your personal? skills and uh on your english as well Uh, so keep in touch with me and don't forget about this cure code. So if you want to take a tuffle course Yeah, just make sure you um Take this incentive and uh get a really nice discount So see you next week guys and this week you will also You will also meet my friend not my friend my colleague linda. Well, actually she's my friend as well. Anyway So you will meet my colleague linda at the end of this week so I go live At the beginning of the week and she goes live at the end of the week And um, if you listen to this live stream session in the form of a podcast Thanks a lot for um, downloading. Thanks for a lot for supporting our Little project. We hope to be helpful and see you next week. Bye. Bye