Giving lessons as a teacher
Guidelines for offering lessons as a teacher
After successfully registering yourself as a teacher on Flamingo, you will be permitted to teach through the APP. When the learners apply and request for lesson, the APP will notify you.
For information on ‘How to register as a teacher on Flamingo’ visit — https://medium.com/flamingo-help/how-to-become-a-teacher-on-flamingo-47033745bebb#.hdlu3djax
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Confirming the`REQUESTED` notification
When a learner requests a lesson from you, his/her nametag in your chat list will have a red outline and a 「REQUESTED」 beside their name — indicating that the learner has asked you for a lesson and your response in required.
The learner who has `REQUESTED`shall be indicated on the top of your chat list.
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Accepting the request
After tapping on the `REQUESTED` learner’s profile in the chat list, you need to push the ‘arrow’ logo on the upper right hand side of the screen. A chat menu will appear by which you can affix the location and route in the map provided.
From the chat screen one can set their appointments through which they can rendezvous.
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Starting a lesson
In the same way, open the lesson screen by going to the chat menu. After which one can see the Start button and could proceed for the lesson. The countdown of sixty minutes will gradually begin once the Start button is pressed by both the parties.
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TIPS：
Things to keep in mind for the ‘Lesson day’
For the lesson to be appealing and to proceed smoothly, please try to be as proactive as possible while engaging the students in discussions. The degree of satisfaction of the learner is sure to depend upon the ideas and dialogues that you exchange during the session. If the learner feels content with the quality of the lesson, there is a certainty that they will again ask for the same. For the learners to repeat having a lesson and for a lesson to be worth the time spent, the teachers (you) ought to gradually start the conversations and make them as captivating and interesting as possible. For example, by using similar phrases given below one would be able to actively stimulate the process —
• 「Why did you think of learning ◯◯ language?」
• 「Until now, have you had studied ◯◯ language?」
• 「Is this your first time using Flamingo?」
• 「What sort of language ability do you expect or would like to develop with these lessons?」
