[2021.03.11.Thu]입이 트이는 영어 Remote Zoom Classes from a Teacher`s Perspective

[Speaking]Discuss Remote Zoom Classes from a Teacher's Perspective.

Starting early last year, on the hills heels of COVID-19 outbreak, we started remote classes. Our school jumped to action, purchasing equipments we would need for Zoom classes. Teachers received training for Zoom classes. We set up accounts and held mock sessions for the remote video classes. We looked for better teaching methods, to provide the students with high-quality lessons.
We used PowerPoint to create teaching materials, and held classes using E-books. I know my way around PowerPoint pretty well now. The students and students' parents sometimes sit in on zoom classes. It's like having an open classroom every day, and that weighted on me.

It was different from face-to-face classes in many ways. I worried a lot at first. But a year has passed now, and both students and teachers have gotten used to it.

 

*on the heels of sth= right after sth

*sit in on: 참관/청강하다.

 

[Pattern]

He knows his way around a car.

I know my way around that neightborhood

 

It was like having an open classroom everyday, and that weighted on me.

That project weighted on me for several months.

I don't want this issue to weight on you.

I don't want this to weight on you too much.

 

Both students and teachers have gotten used to it.

I got used to sleeping on the floor soon.

I soon got used to sleeping on the floor.

 

[Dialogue]

A: Are your son's cram school classes held via Zoom these days?

B: Yes. I got him a new tablet PC for that very reason.

A: Does he well behave Is he well-behaved during classes?

B: He sometime has a trouble concentrating. He keeps getting distracted.

A: I guess that can happen.

B: I have to adjust the settings for each class. As a parent, it's a bit of a pain.

 

 

[Composition]

1. 그는 주방에서 무엇을 해야하는지 아주 잘 안다.

   He knows his way around the kitchen.

   He really knows his way around a kitchen.

 

2. 주말 내내all 그 프로젝트 때문에 마음이 무거웠다.

   The project weighted on my during all the weekend.

 

3. 나는 반대쪽에서 운전하는 것이 이내 익숙해졌다.

   I soon got used to driving in the opposite side.

   I soon got used to driving on the other side.

 

4. 나는 너무 피곤해서 집중을 하지 못했다.

   I was too tired so I had trouble concentrating.

   I had trouble concentrating because I was so tired.

 

5. 매번 컴퓨터를 재부팅하는 거 좀 귀찮아.

   It's a bit of a pain to reboot the computer every time.

   Rebooting the computer each time is a bit of a pain