i’mhappytohearfromyou.inyourmailyouaskedabouthowistudyinthesituationoftheongoingnovelcoronavirusoutbreak.nowi’mwritingtotellyouaboutit.
inordertocontrolthespreadofthenovelcoronavirus,ourschool,justlikeotherschoolsnationwide,hasdelayedtheopeningofthespringsemester.butschoolsuspensiondoesn’tstopstudying.ourschoolisconductingonlinecourses,suchaschinese,maths,englishandsoon.allmyclassmatesstudyathomeovertheinternetnowadays.thoughstudyingonlineisinteresting,ihopeicangobacktoschoolandmeetmyclassmatesandteachersassoonaspossible.
lookingforwardtohearingfromyouagain.
yours,
lihua
duetotheepidemic,ourschoolhasmovedclassesonlineasatemporarysolutiontononstoplearning.onlineclassesposeachallengeforbothourteachersandusstudents.
mrgao,our50-year-oldmathsteacher,hasstruggledtolearnhowtolivestreamhisclasses.hetoldushewouldgothroughhislessonsseveraltimesbeforelivestreaming.whileteachingonline,mrgaoaccidentallyturnedonabeautycamerafeature,whichamusedusgreatlyandwonnumerouslikesfromus.
mrgaodeservesourrespectandadmirationashe’sdoinghisbesttolearnnewteachingskills.fromhim,we’velearnedthetruemeaningof“it’snevertoolatetolearn”.
willtraditionalclassesbereplacedbyonlineclasses
thesedaysmanyschoolshavelaunchedonlineclassesastheopeningofthespringsemesterisfurtherpostponedbecauseofthenovelcoronavirus.however,opinionsononlineclassesvary.
somewelcomethechangeinteachingmethods.theirreasonisthatitcanreleaseteachersfromrepeatingthesamecontentsandstudentscanreplaytheteachingmaterialsaswell.othershavejusttheoppositeopinion.theythinkthatonlineeducationlacksteacher-studentinteractionsandtheydoubtifstudentshaveself-disciplinewithoutsupervision.
asfarasi’mconcerned,traditionalclassescan’tbereplacedbyonlineonesbecausewhatstudentsacquireatschoolismorethanknowledge.butwhenitcomestothespecialsituationatthemoment,onlineclassesareabetteroption.