Journal Archives
When I first heard about it just a few months ago, I was truly thrilled by Jock Wong’s proposal to run a special issue on the topic of ELT in the time of coronavirus. Having confidence in Jock’s leadership, vision and de…
Online teaching and learning could become a norm or at least a regular occurrence. Thus, it is important for the international community of EL educators to come together and share their pedagogic ideas, methods and resou…
In Thailand, social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic came into effect halfway through the university semester with teaching moving from the classroom to online. This was a completely new paradigm for most teachers…
Open Educational Resources (OER) are characterised by being available in the public domain under an open license, typically Creative Commons, so they can be copied, redistributed and reworked. The literature shows OER to…
The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact upon education across multiple sectors, fields and disciplines. Campus closures, strict self-isolation and physical distancing measures require educato…
The current Covid-19 pandemic has forced many language classes to shift online. The shift needs to be carried out carefully to avoid jeopardizing the quality of the lessons. This paper showcases online tools that are use…
This article deals with the challenges in training English language preservice teachers in the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach through adopting synchronous online teaching using Zoom and the development of…
This paper considers the challenges and possible solutions of moving a group speaking assessment from face-to-face mode to online mode during the coronavirus pandemic from February to May in 2020. The assessment involved…
Although various e-learning technologies have been in use for decades, the rapid worldwide spread of COVID-19 has made online teaching and learning 'the new normal'. Many academic units, such as our team of Learning Advi…
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has caused disruptions in education in Turkey, as it has in many parts of the world. Faculties of Education that require practice teaching (practicum) are affected as well; due to the…
The unexpected descent of Covid-19 has driven many countries into lockdown. Universities have been forced to shut down physical spaces, which has left many teachers with the daunting task of transitioning their courses t…
This study seeks to understand the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on a group of university ESL learners and their teachers in the U.S. While some schools quickly closed to protect students and teachers, others transitio…
