The Ebb and Flow of COVID is Still Causing Ripples in the Language Classroom (65930)

Session Information: Higher Education
Session Chair: Lyle Benson

Friday, January 6, 2023 (09:00)
Session: Session 1
Room: 321B
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation

All presentation times are UTC-10 (Pacific/Honolulu)

In Japan, 2020 saw the chaotic introduction of ERT (Emergency Remote Teaching), 2021 saw classrooms gradually going back to F2F (Face-to-Face teaching), and 2022 has seen a mix of teaching methods as Covid, once again, ebbs and flows. Struggles students have at my university in the third year of Covid are varied. They have gone from challenges of learning new technology and feeling isolated during online classes in 2020, to an overwhelming array of class formats including F2F, online, online/F2F, hybrid, on-demand or on-demand/f2f in 2021 and now again in 2022. As the world is returning to a more ‘normalized’ lifestyle whereby classrooms do not require masks and reduced social distancing, Japan is not even near considering that. However, these continual strict measures are no longer preventing the spread of Covid among students and wearing masks in class while offering protection, can also hinder learning and motivation. Students need to see teachers’ facial expressions, especially when learning a foreign language and teachers need to be able to hear their students! Furthermore, as teachers, we need to present interesting and motivating activities to our students or we lose them, and in these unique Covid times this is more important than ever. This presentation will discuss the challenges our students (and faculty) at our private university have faced and continue to face in class during this never-ending pandemic and some solutions. It will also discuss successful English activities that motivated students, which are straight from the mouths of the students themselves.

Authors:
Promnitz-Hayashi Lara, Keiai University, Japan


About the Presenter(s)
Ms Promnitz-Hayashi Lara is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at Keiai University, Chiba, Japan in Japan

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Last updated: 2023-02-23 23:45:00