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Chapter 15
English as a Foreign Language in a New-Found Post-Pandemic World
TEFL stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language and is the name given to the field of teaching English as a foreign or second language. It refers to the the teaching of English to people who are not native speakers of English, especially in a non-English-speaking country. The field of EFL is constantly growing and evolving to incorporate new research methodologies that would incorporate the new demands for learning English as a foreign language in a changing world.
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Integrating Virtual Exchange Practices and Digital Instructional Tools in EFL Courses at University Level
Anca Daniela Frumuselu (Universitat de Lleida, Spain) and Andrea Roxana Bellot (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4205-0.ch015
Abstract
Given the massive use of social media during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, EFL teachers could take advantage of this and bring intercultural encounters in the EFL classroom through virtual exchanges. The chapter aims to present a pedagogical proposal for virtual exchange practices in EFL courses at university level. First, it will start with an overview of the COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) approach. Then, it will bring upfront the main areas of investigation related to telecollaboration and virtual exchange practices. Finally, this chapter will provide a versatile EFL pedagogical proposal, easily adaptable to any particular virtual exchange project to match specific curriculum needs. This proposal is based on real practice and grounded theory of how this approach and the digital tools can be maximized in the current EFL teaching context, highlighting the need of integrating e-learning environments in the regular EFL classroom, either taught in online or face-to-face modality.
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Chapter 12
The Integration of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning: Perceptions of Pakistani Pre-Service ESL Teachers
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Chapter 10
Social Networking Behind Student Lines in Japan
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Teaching English where another language is predominant in the environment. Therefore, English input or practice in a country like Japan often depends on classes that do not meet often or long enough to match the results of an ESL environment where, by contrast with EFL, English pervades the environment outside of class as well.
Published in Chapter: Social Networking Behind Student Lines in Japan; From: Handbook of Research on Web 2.0 and Second Language Learning
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Chapter 3
Best Practices for Teaching ESL in Higher Education
Is the acronym for Teaching English as a Foreign Language. It is the language instruction of the English language for non-native speakers.
Published in Chapter: Best Practices for Teaching ESL in Higher Education; From: Using Literature to Teach English as a Second Language
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