Online learning parent’s support.

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The Ministry of Education and Science in Kyrgyzstan announced that learning in the fourth quarter of our academic year would be online and remote. They began filming and showing lessons on national television right away, but we teachers also needed to play our part. We were fortunate to receive some training on Google Classroom and Zoom, but have relied on and learnt from each other, sharing our methods, successes, and frustrations.

The first time I signed up to teach an online English lesson, I thought it would be straightforward. I figured I would just teach the same content the same way I always did – the only difference would be that the students were at home. I simply would not be able to see them. However, I discovered very quickly that it would not be as easy as I had hoped. I realised that I needed to recreate my teaching content to make the lessons even more engaging and interesting for my students. I must say that it was initially challenging for myself and my colleagues, as well as for our students. We teachers needed to figure out how to create online classes, but we also had to teach our students the process of Google Classroom so they could access their tasks and submit their assignments on time. Initially, many of our students were unwilling to study online, but that has changed.