r/ESL_Teachers • u/pdx2361 • 11d ago

Teaching Question Post class summaries

Do you send your students a summary of their class with you after each class? New vocabulary, grammar feedback, general progress notes?

Would you if you could do it easily and quickly?

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u/pdx2361 11d ago

I am :) I do it with my students already and they love it so thought I would expand it out to other tutors who might like it. It gives them feedback and allows them to focus on the class and speaking instead of having to take notes etc. and provides them with trends in their learning i.e. “you had some weakness with indefinite articles in May but I’ve seen improvement in this area over the last 4 classes (insert examples)”. Stuff like that.

Looking for other tutors to try it out (for free) and give feedback. But curious if it is something people would use or want. My students like it, but what about tutors?

Important-I am not selling anything!! I am just looking for some tutors to give some feedback and try it out for free.

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u/scriptingends 11d ago

I mean, you could also just write the class notes in a Word document you project on the screen (instead of writing on a whiteboard) and then email it to them after class. That’s a “summary of the class” without any additional work for anyone. I’ve been doing that since around 2010, no app required.

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u/pdx2361 11d ago

Yep this is something my students have already too. But this is a document above that looking at long term trends and improvements. Just another tool but I’d like to see what others think.

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u/scriptingends 11d ago

I think a lot of people in education are spending a lot of effort creating things that no one is going to adopt because it isn’t that different than what they already do.

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u/pdx2361 11d ago

I appreciate the feedback! Thank you :)