Charlamos con nuestra profesora Letizia Foracchia sobre las clases híbridas

Conocemos cómo ha cambiado la forma de dar clase mediante el formato híbrido, con nuestra profesora Lacunza Letizia Foracchia.

¿Cómo son tus clases híbridas?

They are different from face to face classes, of course. In the hybrid classes, you have half of the class in your classroom (6 or 7 students, depending on the capacity of the room) and the other half on Zoom, in your virtual classroom. Having half of the class face to face and the other half online has inevitably changed how I plan my class and how it takes place.

 

¿Qué es lo que más te gusta del formato híbrido?

I like that we are able to reach people anywhere. I have students from Zarautz attending my class in Benta Berri right after school, and I think that’s great.

I like to think that with the hybrid format we are providing a service as best as we can, and we are giving people flexibility and support at a time when they most need them.

 We are all going through difficult times, and I believe that for a child who has to stay home 15 days because of a quarantine it is nice to have the possibility to still attend his English classes, and feel like part of a class, at least twice a week.

We are creating a normality for them, a routine, and I think that is something to be appreciated.

 

¿Cómo has adaptado los materiales y dinámicas para los alumnos?

Hybrid classes have given me the final push that I needed to digitize all my materials.

I had started already with the online classes and now I am getting more and more used to working with software for presentations and online games that can help my students.

In class, we also work with chats and mini whiteboards, which are great tools for vocabulary games.

 

¿Cómo se fomenta la interacción de los alumnos presenciales con los virtuales?

I try to get students to work with each other, by playing games in mixed teams (some students online, some students face to face) and I was surprised by how much having a common aim can bring them together.

I also like having them involve each other by asking each other questions about the weekend, their day, or about themselves.

They love it when I let them be the teacher and correct the exercises themselves, and they know that they have to ask one person in the class and one person online.

I believe they are getting used to the idea of hybrid classes rather quickly.

 

¿Utilizas nuevos materiales gracias al mayor uso de la tecnología en clase?

I’ve discovered a few websites that have helped me make classes more dynamic, and I have explored new functions of already known and used programs.

 

¿Has tenido alguna anécdota graciosa propia o con alumnos relacionada con el nuevo formato híbrido?

In my hybrid class in the summer, I had one student online who had a cat, Harry (like Harry Potter) and he’d sometimes appear on the screen next to her, looking for cuddles.

Then he’d hang around for a while. I’m sure he’s fluent in English by now.