How to learn with OBTS

What you need, what a lesson contains and how you send your work.

What you need

A phone with WhatsApp and a PDF reader.
A Bible for the Bible and theology courses.
A quiet time for each lesson: most lessons are planned for 40 to 90 minutes.

What a lesson contains

Objectives

What you will be able to do at the end of the lesson.

Study plan

Steps with the minutes for each, so you know how to use your time.

Teaching and exercises

Explanations, Scripture references or examples, and practice with answers you check later.

Task

Short written answers, or voice messages in the English courses, that you send to your tutor.

Step by step

Read the objectives and follow the study plan.
Do the exercises without looking at the answers.
Send your task to your tutor on WhatsApp.
Only then open the answer key and compare your answers.
Read your tutor's feedback before the next lesson.

English courses

Pastoral English and English Speaking begin with a short placement recording: you speak for about one minute before the first lesson, so your tutor knows where you start. It is not an examination.