Distance learning is a new educational experience that has appeared in Ukraine recently, but has already managed to find its place in the pedagogical process. It is the only means of communication for students and teachers during martial law . Non- native students, studying foreign languages, may have difficulties in having online small talks or using introductory phrases to present/raise a new topic or a question. It is necessary to focus on basic English phrases for online meetings .
It is recommended to use simple English to start the meeting . The teacher can welcome the students using phrases :
• Welcome, everyone. Today's meeting is about...
• Welcome to today's lesson. These are the issues that we are going to talk about...
• Welcome, everybody. This is our agenda ... Let's get started, shall we? Everyone is here.
It is desirable to look into the camera so that the students can see you are engaging with them. When the teacher/ student uses a computer screen , he can say the following phrases:
• Can I share my screen with you?
• I am going to share my screen/ desktop with you.
• Can you see my screen? Can you see it clearly?
• Do you want me to make it bigger?
• I am going to put up my presentation now.
• If you have got any questions , you can write them down in the chat line.
• Scroll up/ down, please.
Sometimes clarification is needed. The following expressions can be used:
• Could you speak more slowly, please?
• Could you explain that again, please?
• Could you go through that again, please? I didn't quite understand it.
• Could you repeat the last sentence, please?
• Could you speak up, please?
• I didn't quite get that. I am sorry, could you say it again?
• I have just missed the last part. My screen froze for a minute. Could you repeat it ,please?
During online meetings, interruptions can occur. There are certain expressions to make polite interruptions. They are:
• Sorry , would you mind if I asked a question?
• Just to clarify what you are saying is ...
• Could I interrupt you for a minute?
• Can I stop you there quickly/ just for a minute?
• Hold on a minute , please. We don't seem to have discussed... Could we go back over it?
While having online lessons teachers and students can have some technical problems with the sound, picture, interruption of connection, freezing, lagging ,etc. The following expressions can be useful:
• I am having problems hearing you.
• The screen is blank.
• The screen is frozen.
• The image and sound are out of sync.
• You are breaking up a little.
• There' s an echo on the line.
• It is not loading.
• Sorry, I got kicked off [1].
The teacher can continue the lesson with the phrases:
• Let's move on to the next item.
• Moving on , let's talk about...
• Moving on swiftly, let's have a look at...
• There' s a bit of a time issue here. So I think we should move on.
At the end of the lesson, the teacher usually summarizes the items discussed using the following expressions:
• To sum up...
• In a nutshell.
• In summary, we are going...
• Let me summarize by saying this...
• This is what we have discussed today...
• Your marks are ... Your homework is... [2].
So, these words and phrases can be used by non-native speakers in online classes.
References:
1. https://teacherjulieta.com/2021/02/22/vocabularyforzoom/
2. https://www.engvid.com/conclusions-how-to-finish-speaking-in-english/
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