May 4th Group
 Jonathan Davies
Jonathan Davies
4th May 2026 at 12:01 am

Teach Me Anything task

NOTE: You don’t need to read this discussion until you reach the “Teach Me Anything” lesson this week.

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This is a peer teaching task, where you will prepare and teach something in 5–10 minutes to the other trainees. You’ll need to have a group Zoom call for this, so please liaise together to find a good day and time. If you can’t find a time when you are all free, then please set up a Zoom call with at least one other trainee, ideally two or three.

You can teach them anything you like, for example: “how to fix a bicycle puncture”, “a few basic salsa dance moves”, “how to tie a fisherman’s knot”, “how to do the moonwalk” or “how to introduce yourself in Russian”.

Spend a little time preparing beforehand. Think about:

  • What will you say?
  • Will you write or draw anything to support your explanation?
  • Will they need to make notes or do anything else?
  • Will you bring in any objects to show them?
  • Or will your students mainly just listen to you?

After you’ve given your lesson, have a short discussion with your peers/students. Together, agree on what went well and how the teaching could be improved. What do you wish you had/hadn’t done? What have you learnt about teaching?

In the forum discussion:

  • Write a few paragraphs describing the experience as your main post.
  • Post a second comment responding to another trainee’s entry.
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  • Louise

    14th May 2026 at 1:09 pm

    [Just copying back my comment from the 10/05 here as you asked so it makes more sense]

    This task was very interesting to do not only to exercise and practice some teaching skills but also to get to know each other! We were three students on the Zoom call and we all came up with very different things to teach which made it even more exciting. From Psychology and social concepts, the culture and general information about an other country, to an easy go-to breakfast recipe.

    I decided to teach the other trainees the pancake recipe that I came up with over the past two years to serve my daughter a nutritious yummy first meal before going to school, knowing that we are on a “military” morning schedule over here and it cannot use up too much time! It was fun to share and obviously very easy to talk about since it is an every day happening recipe. I found the other trainees interested in my speech. I think I can say I was clear enough on explaining every step since there was not any questions at the end and I was told it was a nice and very detailed presentation. Although I brought in all the tools to match them with the vocabulary words, I did not ask them if there were any questions at any point so that is probably something I should think about for next time. Overall I am happy with what I’ve learned and what I taught, and they even said it made them hungry by the end!

  • Gifty

    14th May 2026 at 9:09 pm

    I enjoyed everyone’s teaching and wished we had more time because I had to rush mine as I was the last person to present and there was less time left. Louise was the most prepared and she incorporated real life objects when teaching us which made her lesson more practical. Paul’s lesson was great because I liked the topic he chose as it is very relatable to me well but it was very difficult for me to follow throughout his lecture. I think both lessons should have been more student centred. Also, we should have used a timer to track the teaching time because we ran out of time during the meeting.

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