I am back from TESOL. I had a great time presenting there. When I returned to my class on Tuesday, I had five new students. During break time, I gave them an orientation and had them sign up for Remind, and showed them the website. Only one student had no service to sign up for remind, but she said she would do it it at home. Which she did !!!! Another student was absent but her boyfriend (also a new student) had her sign up at home after class. I will see if they can follow the syllabus to sign up for the facebook and quizlet group. I will say that technology doesn't seem to be an issue for most of the students. They enjoy learning English on their phones. Note: none of the new students can access the wifi from the portal until I can get them signed up.
I just got back from looking at my remind account and all six students signed up. This includes the one who had no access on her phone at school and the student who was absent. She had her boyfriend's help. So what did I do to enable these non English speaking students to understand me. 1) I pulled them into a small group while the rest of the class was doing oral practice in pairs. 2) I took them through each step and showed them what to do. 3) I gave them all positive feedback throughout the process.
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Susan Gaer
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