Hybrid classes at Cultural

Hybrid classes at Cultural

Multiple Choice

Which is true about hybrid classes?

• There is just a small group of face to face students.

• Teacher always pays attention to in-person students. Virtual Ss. can work by themselves.

• Online and F2F Ss share the same class simultaneously.

• Online and F2F Ss share the same class.

• Small groups attend F2F classes.

• The teacher has to cater the needs of both groups

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What are hybrid classes?

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Multiple Choice

Why is lesson planning important?

• It lets us check if we are exploiting activities effectively to help both our F2F and virtual students have a shared learning experience.

• It helps students focus on what we want to get at the end of the session.

• It is an unnecesary document. It does not help.

LESSON PLANNING

• ​When lesson planning, the teacher must bear in mind the two types of students he/she has in class:

  a) in-person b) online students 

  Therefore the teacher should decide on the best approach to address the needs of both types of students.

• In most cases, the same class activity (e.g. pair/group discussions) will be carried out simultaneously by both types of learners, and the teacher will be able to monitor them accordingly.

• ​Lesson planning activities should be adapted to the current class context. The inclusion of a contingency plan is always suggested.

Multiple Choice

A lesson plan must include:

• Date, warm up, number of pages and the goal check.

• Lesson Objectives, Warm Up, Development of contents, Wrap Up.

• Lesson goals, time and material.

What to take into account when planning an activity for a hybrid class

• They may feel that you are not paying attention to them if you spend too much time speaking or checking in-person students...and vice versa.

• Some of them may not be able to speak or can get distracted easily if you are not monitoring the task properly. 

Virtual Students

• ​They need to speak up to be heard by their virtual partners when speaking in class. 

• They may not have internet connection.

• They may have some problems listening to each other in the classroom due to the masks and the safety distance.  

• The teacher must select the best channel to connect in-person students with virtual activities.

In-person students

Multiple Select

These are examples of asynchronous activities: (choose 2 options)

• watching a video, liveworksheets.

• watching a grammar presentation, reading a text.

• small group discussion using breakout rooms.

• When planning classroom activities that involve Internet connection (use of Jamboard, Quizizz, Kahoot, Liveworksheets, etc), make sure to ask in-person students to bring their mobile device with internet access to participate actively in those activities (only if possible).

• Choose the best approach to address the needs of both types of students.

• Take into consideration that sometimes activities take shorter time for in-person students, so be prepared to assign an extra activity or task.