Promoting Interaction in Emergency Remote Language Teaching and Learning: A Proposal of Seven Tasks to Negotiate Meaning

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Title: Promoting Interaction in Emergency Remote Language Teaching and Learning: A Proposal of Seven Tasks to Negotiate Meaning
Language: English
Authors: Escobar-Mejía, Verónica Andrea, Moreno-López, Gustavo, Sánchez-Solís, Lizzeth, Garcia-Ponce, Edgar Emmanuell
Source: MEXTESOL Journal. 2021 45(3).
Availability: MEXTESOL Journal. Bernardo Couto 48, Col. Cuauhtemoc, Alcadía Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de Mexico, 06880, Mexico. Tel: +55-55-66-87-49; e-mail: mextesoljournal@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.mextesol.net/journal/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2021
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Interaction, Emergency Programs, Distance Education, Virtual Classrooms, Classroom Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Decision Making, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Young Adults, COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Mexico
ISSN: 2395-9908
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic required that people make rapid changes in their lifestyles. Since the beginning of the pandemic, it was necessary for teachers and learners to adapt teaching and learning practices to a remote mode. Following this, our study seeks to contribute to the field of English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching and learning by suggesting tasks. These tasks which intend to assist EFL teachers in the promotion of interactions and particularly negotiation for meaning (NfM) in virtual classes. Seven tasks are included, six of which are adaptations of the tasks that were used in the previous studies that explored NfM. The seven tasks were modified since they were originally designed to be carried out in face-to-face interactions, but our objective is to encourage virtual NfM. To this end, we include a review of the literature that will serve as the rationale behind each task, and we also provide the details regarding their implementation in virtual classes.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2021
Accession Number: EJ1310890
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The COVID-19 pandemic required that people make rapid changes in their lifestyles. Since the beginning of the pandemic, it was necessary for teachers and learners to adapt teaching and learning practices to a remote mode. Following this, our study seeks to contribute to the field of English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching and learning by suggesting tasks. These tasks which intend to assist EFL teachers in the promotion of interactions and particularly negotiation for meaning (NfM) in virtual classes. Seven tasks are included, six of which are adaptations of the tasks that were used in the previous studies that explored NfM. The seven tasks were modified since they were originally designed to be carried out in face-to-face interactions, but our objective is to encourage virtual NfM. To this end, we include a review of the literature that will serve as the rationale behind each task, and we also provide the details regarding their implementation in virtual classes.
ISSN:2395-9908