Using E- Classes to Enhance ESL

The internet hosts a number of platforms for creating online classes that can help enhance English language teaching and learning. Many of these platforms are free and easy-to-use. Unfortunately, many teachers are not familiar with these platforms. Creating online classes is a means of reaching out students, engaging them more, extending the learning behind the walls of the classroom, fostering students-centered learning and improving their skills.  Even if the educational institute does not provide enough internet access, students can be oriented to use the platform in the technology class. They would visit their online classes and do assignments at home.

Online classes can play a real role in reaching out students in the digital age, developing their language skills, and make students inspired, motivated and empowered. The online platforms can be used to upload soft copies of materials and put announcements, share links, and assess students. Students can also share links to helpful resources, and peer review their work. Thus, using e-learning platforms will assert self-expression and students' responsibility for their own learning. 

The aim of this post is to introduce teachers to a number of free platforms for hosting online classes to enhance the teaching and learning processes. These platforms can be used differently according to the teacher's design of the curriculum. 

Nicenet 

Edmodo

WizIQ

Moodle

Facebook

Blogger

wordpress

google groups

  Each platform can incorporate other free tools to better enhance the teaching and learning process.