Lockdown Learning

About this episode

This episode explores how Language Assistants and teachers adapted during lockdown, focusing on their experiences and the challenges of virtual teaching.

2020 has been a very different year for the Language Assistants programme, and this podcast looks to explore how this group of assistants and teachers have adapted in the circumstances. In the first part of this episode we speak to Emily, Joe and Mathilde who speak about their different experiences of Lockdown and the final stages of their assistantship. Not only on the journey they went on but how important it is to look after your own well-being during this time. In the second part, we hear from David Lynch, a British Council teacher currently based in Japan, who has had to adapt to virtual teaching. We discuss the challenges but also the possibilities that come with virtual teaching on this episode of the Language Assistants podcast.

People in this episode

Guests: Emily, Joe, Mathilde, David Lynch

Topics covered

• Lockdown
• Language Assistants
• Virtual Teaching
• Well-being
• Adaptation

Keywords

• Language Assistants
• Lockdown Learning
• virtual teaching
• well-being
• British Council

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: British Council

Places: Japan

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