Using the Internet when teaching Cambridge exams for kids

Using on-line resources when teaching
towards Cambridge exams for children
and teenagers (KET, PET and FCE)

Tatiana Polovinkina

© BKC-IH Moscow Teacher Training Centre 2012

Aims of the session
• To consider the reasons for using online resources
when teaching kids for exams
• To address some issues connected with using
technology in the classroom
• To familiarize ourselves with some materials and
tools available online and consider their usefulness
• To share ideas and provide references on further
information on using online teaching


Outline of the session

• Why use the Internet?
What?
How?
When?
• Official Cambridge ESOL site
• Other useful resources and tools
• Questions and Answers


Why?
• It is there!
• Motivation
• Keeping up with our students
• Professional development
• New opportunities


What?
Type of material When you use it
How
• e.g. Songs/lyrics - Fun/Listening
comprehension for
gist/detail/ in class


Range of types
• Factual information (e.g. exam handbooks)
• Teaching resources for exams (e.g. ready-to-use,
free, for purchase)
• Useful non-exam teaching materials (graded:
suitable for particular age/level or authentic)
• Resources for students (e.g. i-tests)
• Authentic and non-authentic : films, songs,
articles, pod casts etc.

How and when?
Range of uses/tools available
• Traditional handouts in class or as homework
• Video and audio materials in class or as
homework
• Working on-line in class or at home (e.g.
synchronously and asynchronously, using VLEs,
social networking sites, wikis, discussion groups)
• Individual and group projects with various levels
of independence (e.g. using comic makers,
shared whiteboards etc.)

Practical outcome for teaching
• Important to know where to find things and
how to use them (aim, timing, exam focus)-
easy to start with ready-made ones to see how
they work – then you will be ready to create
your own.


Hardware, software and liveware
• Minimal system requirements
• Space for instructions, interaction and feedback;
activity tools
• Rules of on-line communication vs. rules of f2f
communication


Liveware
Teaching online is more than tackling the
technology. It is still teaching. No matter how
smooth your technical delivery, you are still
running language courses (Hocky & Clandfield,
2010: p. 27).


www.cambridgeesol.org
• Factual info (dates, handbooks, sample papers,
wordlists, information for candidates, etc.)
• Teaching Resources – ready-made, downloadable
for free; full coverage including video extract of
speaking; teachers’ rating, comments and forum;
created both by Cambridge ESOL and teachers
• Teaching tips (e.g. how to give feedback)
• Corpora research and its application – link to
English Profile
• More updates every day (e.g. webinars, Cambridge
English Teacher)


Other useful sites

www.bbc.co.uk
e.g. Learning English (The Teacher, Keep your
English up to date, phrasal verbs, etc.)
http://www.youtube.com/
e.g. podcasts, songs, film clips, instructions, NG


Other useful tools
• Comic creator sites
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/How-to-
Play/Educators/
http://www.pixton.com/
• Concordance sites (BNC, Lextutor)
http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/
http://www.lextutor.ca/
• Shared whiteboards
http://www.dabbleboard.com/

Activities
• Show and tell (My Precious)
• Things in Common
• Reading race
• Jigsaw tasks
• Your picture, my story
• I’d like some information…
• What about you?
• My favourite podcast
• Listen to this! © BKC-IH Moscow Teacher Training Centre 2012

Activities (cont.)
• Grammar in the clouds
• Corpus work
• Create your own mindmap

• Feedback and praise!!!


Word clouds
It is important never to lose site of the liveware,
and it is unlikely that computers will ever
replace the teacher. Good online teaching needs
effective human mediation – and this is
provided by the teacher, not by automatic ‘drag
and drop’ activities.


Useful teacher training resources and
references
• Sharma, P., Barret, B. Blended Learning (2007),
Macmillan
• Dudeney, G. & Hockly, N. (2007). How to Teach
English with Technology. Harlow: Pearson Education
Limited
• Hockly, N., Clandfield, L. Teaching Online (2010),
Delta Publishing
• Webinars by leading publishers (e.g. CUP, Macmillan)
• Online conferences (e.g. IH)
• Online teaching communities

BKC-IH Teacher Training Centre
E-mail: t-training@bkc.ru
Tel: (495) 2340314
www.bkc.ru

www.CambridgeESOL.org


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