The document discusses the experience of studying English online through Microsoft Teams during the COVID-19 pandemic. It notes both advantages like flexibility and improved time management, as well as challenges such as many teachers not being prepared to teach online and over half of households lacking reliable internet access. While online teaching was difficult for some, the student found that their English classes were interactive and the teacher made them engaging, and that Microsoft Teams was an intuitive platform that helped facilitate online learning.
The document discusses the experience of studying English online through Microsoft Teams during the COVID-19 pandemic. It notes both advantages like flexibility and improved time management, as well as challenges such as many teachers not being prepared to teach online and over half of households lacking reliable internet access. While online teaching was difficult for some, the student found that their English classes were interactive and the teacher made them engaging, and that Microsoft Teams was an intuitive platform that helped facilitate online learning.
The document discusses the experience of studying English online through Microsoft Teams during the COVID-19 pandemic. It notes both advantages like flexibility and improved time management, as well as challenges such as many teachers not being prepared to teach online and over half of households lacking reliable internet access. While online teaching was difficult for some, the student found that their English classes were interactive and the teacher made them engaging, and that Microsoft Teams was an intuitive platform that helped facilitate online learning.
For me , online teaching went pretty well , with few exceptions and disadvantages such as lack of socialization or the fact that was more pressure on students. One of the biggest problem of online teaching was that many teachers didn’t teach in this way and took them a while to learn how to use the platform , but they were usually helped by students. A national problem , would be that 55% of households don’t have internet connection and 32% don’t have phones or other devices , so only 68% percent can connect to online classes. In many cases 2,3 or more brothers share a phone to attend for a few classes , this was a big problem because they lost a lot of information that they would have probably learnd if they were in school Some of the biggest online advantages were: Added flexibility and Self-Paced learning Better time management Demonstrated Self-Motivation Improved virtual communication and collaboration Refined critical-thinkink skills New tehnical skills Affordability Improved students attendance Efficiency , online learning offers teachers an efficient way to deliver lessons to students. And, for me, the biggest advantage of online education was that you could learn in your own comfort. The platform i studied was Microsoft Teams , fortunetly it was a very intuitive and interactive platform. The Teams service enables instant messaging, audio and video calling, rich online meetings, mobile experiences, and extensive web conferencing capabilities. In addition, Teams provides file and data collaboration and extensibility features, and integrates with Microsoft 365 and other Microsoft and partner apps. English lessons were some of my favourties , because they were interactive , , the teacher making them so nice . Sometimes English is easier to study at home that at school , due to several factors.Some advantages to study English online: You can use several resources at the same time , always having tehnology near you You can take part in engaging, interactive lessons, especially if you have a good teacher and collegues who want to learn. Self-discipline ,responsibility and self-learning. At English , grammar lessons were probably the hardest to explain for the teacher and the most difficult to understand for students , but the teacher managed them succesfully . Probably the reading lessons were probably the easiest , most beautifull and most interractive The online grading of english classes is usually done orally , trought various essays or exercises that the teacher gives us. In conclusion , Online teaching in our country was moustly a bad idea , but in our school the classes were taken very seriously, the students managed to learn, the Microsoft Teams platform played an important role during this period being , in my opinion , a superior platform to the others , such as Zoom or Google Classroom.