Planting a seed of how to conduct a Skype exchange
session with the 9th graders at Hsinchu County Chungshiao Junior High School
The purpose of
this session is for the English teachers to have a hands -on experience with the
setup of Skype, the mic, webcam, Bluetooth speaker, and most important of all,
how to host a relaxing video call so that the students would feel safe to speak.
It was a blast
having this Skype session with over thirty 9th graders introducing themselves,
talking about their hobbies, and asking Jessica all kinds of interesting
questions in groups of three.
At first, they
were shy, and some of them were even trembling when attempting to speak English
with J. However, the teachers were encouraging and providing them with some
tips to ask follow-up questions.
They then
gradually got used to it and realized it was not that scary to practice
speaking English with such an adorable young lady.
Those lovely
students were all singing their homemade graduation song after I got the setup
done. This helped create a relaxing atmosphere a lot. Then I called on Shy Boys
to have a casual chat with J, and that also worked because everybody was
laughing.
The session went
for about two and a half hours. Some were reluctant to go because they didn't
get J's Instagram or game ID. That was amusing to me.
We had a brief
discussion and reflected on the whole session.
The teachers asked some detailed questions, too. They didn't think it
was difficult to prepare the equipment. After the workshop and this class, I
firmly believe they'll put it into practice next semester with the 8th graders.
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