Teaching online means having to use gestures remotely. This may cause some discomfort as you could become self-conscious when teaching and having to use gestures which you is not necessarily natural in an online environment. In this video above, I share some tips for using gestures while teaching English online.
Some of the tips that I recommend include trying to look at the webcam and raising a hand to encourage and elicit answers from students who are connected to the online lesson remotely, using two hands, fingers and pinching to illustrate a full answer or sentence, or cupping a hand to the ear to encourage learners to repeat their answer.
I am sure there are many other gestures that we use unconsciously while teaching remotely or face-to-face which were not included in the video but why don’t you share your favourite gestures you use for teaching?
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