That person in our class who...
The person in our class who has the most organized, color-coded notes that we all secretly want to copy.
Who is Maja?
This is the specific provincial organization that certifies English language teachers in Ontario.
What is TESL Ontario?
This specific modal verb is used to give a suggestion or advice, and it is softer than "must."
What is Should?
These separate virtual rooms allow you to split your class into small groups for pair work or discussions.
What are Breakout Rooms?
This term is used when we talk about words that naturally go together such as "take a call".
What are Collocations?
The person in our class who can explain the difference between a gerund and a present participle without breaking a sweat.
Who is Pamela/ Natalia?
To maintain your professional certification, you must complete a certain number of these "hours" every year (often through webinars or workshops).
Is it 10 hours per year for TESL Ontario?
A clause in English language must include these two things.
This built-in feature allows both the teacher and the students to draw, type, and circle things directly on a shared screen.
What is the Annotation tool (or Whiteboard)?
This term is used when a teacher does something to activate the student's prior knowledge on the subject.
What is Schema Activation?
The person in our class most likely to have a pet that has technically completed 50% of this TESL diploma by sitting in on every Zoom call.
Who is Julia?
This is the name of the federal government program that funds language training for adult newcomers in Canada.
What is LINC (Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada)?
This is the definite article in English Grammar.
What is THE?
If you want to make sure every student sees only the speaker (or a specific student presenting) as the main large image, you should use this feature.
What is Spotlight for Everyone?
This is the name given to something that is added to the end of the word to change its meaning or form such as help / helpless
Suffix
The person in our class most likely to correct the grammar on a restaurant menu.
Who is Wanda?
While TESL Ontario is provincial, this organization represents English language teachers across all of Canada.
What is TESL Canada?
This tense connects the past to the present and is often used with "since" or "for."
What is the Present Perfect tense?
If your home office is actually your laundry room, you can use this feature to hide the mess with a picture of a tropical beach or a library.
What is a Virtual Background?
A typical listening task has these three stages.
What are the Pre-listening, During-listening and Post-listening stages?
The person in our class who we would most likely trust to lead a school if we all started one together tomorrow.
Who is Katie?
This annual event, often held in downtown Toronto, is where TESL professionals gather to collect free swag, network with textbook publishers, and attend sessions that "recharge their pedagogical batteries.
What is the TESL Ontario Annual Conference?
This famous sentence—"The old man the boat"—is known as a "Garden Path" sentence. It looks like it’s about an elderly person, but it’s actually a complete sentence where "man" is not a noun. In this sentence, what part of speech is the word "man"?
What is a Verb? (Meaning: The old people are the ones who operate the boat).
You are in a Breakout Room and realize you forgot to tell your students a specific instruction. You want to send a text message that pops up at the top of every single student's screen simultaneously across all rooms. This feature is called...?
What is Broadcast Message to All?
This name is given to the reading strategy where the reader goes through the text quickly to get the gist.
What is Skimming?