Innovation in Language Learning

Edition 17

Accepted Abstracts

Hybrid Language Teaching: Another New Paradigm?

Nebojša Radić, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

Abstract

Prior to the 2020 COVID emergency period, many language programmes were delivered in a variety of blended-learning modes. The emergency period ushered in a move to the remote delivery and with it a wealth of technological, methodological, and organisational innovation that has been described in detail in publications such as "The world universities’ response to COVID-19: remote online language teaching" (Radic, Atabekova, Freddi and Schmied: 2021). We are now entering a post-emergency period facing the reality that there is no going back to the "old" normal. Not in everyday life, not in the way we communicate, or indeed in the way we learn and teach languages. In this presentation, I will discuss some of the implications of the changes that occurred both in language teaching/learning as well as in general communication and how these are shaping the way we conduct our daily professional and social life. I will proceed by discussing the role of ‘hybrid’ teaching in the sense given to the term by more recent scholars such as Beatty (2019) and Lederman (2020), who use the term to describe a situation where some students are attending the classroom whereas others follow the lesson remotely, online. Within this context I will discuss the role of this new hybrid communication and teaching paradigm with special reference to addressing issues of language competence in a highly digital and Artificial Intelligence enhanced environment. I will conclude by outlining the implications of such shifts for teaching methodology, the resources used, as well as the relevant teacher training and support.

 

References

  1. Beatty, B. J. (2019). Hybrid-flexible course design. Implementing student. Retrieved on 6 June from: https://edtechbooks.org/pdfs/print/hyflex/_hyflex.pdf
  2. Lederman, D. (2020) Will Shift to Remote Teaching Be Boon or Bane for Online Learning. Inside Higher Ed, 1-27. https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2020/03/18/most-teaching-going-remote-will-help-or-hurt-online-learning
  3. Radic, N., Freddi, M., Atabekova, A. & J. Schmied (Eds), The world universities' response to COVID-19: remote online language teaching. Research-publishing.net.

 

 

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