Journal Archives
2020 · 3
Microteaching in Isolation: Fostering Autonomy and Learner Engagement through VoiceThread
As ESL and TESOL programs moved to an online or remote teaching mode rather rapidly during the first half of 2020, many of the practical elements of face-to-face teaching needed to be reconciled in the new mode. Likewise…
WhatsApp-based Learning in Ecole normale supérieure de Yaoundé-Cameroon at the Time of Coronavirus
Mobile apps have been shown to enhance students' motivation in the learning of English. With the outbreak of the corona virus, where safe distancing became one of the strategies to limit its propagation, WhatsApp became…
Seeking to Reduce Physical Distancing Using Socratic Dialogue in Teacher Feedback
The paper reports on how I sought to develop and maintain a positive rapport with my students during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis conducting emergency remote teaching (ERT). Due to the transition from face-to-face classr…
Individual Learner Support in Digital ELT Courses: Insights from Teacher Education
Individual support is crucial to help learners improve, but is complicated in times of digital teaching and physical distancing. The present paper demonstrates how individual support can nevertheless be accomplished in d…
Perceptions and Experiences of Chinese University Undergraduate Students in an International Program Studying English Online
The COVID-19 pandemic brought sweeping and unplanned changes in education worldwide. This time of fully online instruction has revealed that there is much to understand and learn about the various stakeholders involved i…
A Pandemic in 2020, Zoom and the Arrival of the Online Educator
When Covid-19 spread and became a serious health threat to the world in the earlier part of 2020, many university English language teaching (ELT) practitioners moved their classes online. Not only did ELT practitioners h…