This study explores English learners’ reactions and achievements for two types of online learning, pre-recoded lectures and real-time lectures in an English reading class during one semester. The participants were 60 Korean EFL university learners who attended an English reading class as a general elective subject. They participated in the pre-recorded class for six weeks and the real-time...
This session introduces a new 4-level, 4-skills EFL course that develops students’ critical thinking skills while systematically improving their knowledge of essential high-frequency words with both in-text and online learning tools. Utilizing two keyword lists from the New General Service List Project (www.newgeneralservicelist.com), Levels 1, 2, and 3 help students master essential general...
When technology is integrated into educational environments, chatbots, as intelligent technological tools for learning assistance, garner widespread attention. However, despite the potential of chatbots in educational settings, there is relatively limited research on their application in guiding writing activities. Although current iterations of generative AI (GenAI) chatbots, such as ChatGPT,...
This presentation introduces 7 open-source, corpus-derived high frequency vocabulary word lists known collectively as the New General Service List Project which were developed by the presenter to help meet the needs of ESL/EFL learners. It will then go on to introduce a large and growing number of free, pedagogically-driven online tools, apps and resources for helping to utilize these lists...
Modern English language education is undergoing a transformative shift, embracing a holistic approach that nurtures 21st-century competencies such as integrated communication fluency and critical thinking. This evolution process necessitates a comprehensive reskilling and upskilling of language instructors, a challenge that this innovative pedagogical framework addresses. Motivated by the...
This study brings together ELF learners from Taiwan and Poland, tasking them with co-creating virtual reality tours, to determine the effects of this type of engagement on intercultural learning, motivation, and multimodal literacies. Eight graduate students drawn from a TEFL methodology seminar at a national university in northern Taiwan were paired with an equal number of MA pre-service...
Virtual exchanges and COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) allow participants to communicate with peers around the world, an experience that can be highly motivating for students. Virtual exchanges often get off to an exciting start when students first meet their counterparts from another country. However, the exchanges soon start to suffer due to a lack of content that would...
Virtual Exchanges (VEs) promote language acquisition and increase communication confidence, self-perceived communication competence (SPCC), digital literacy, cross-cultural understanding, collaboration skills, and intercultural competence. Current literature has yet to explore the effect of time spent on VE tasks and the complexity of those tasks as they relate to students' SPCC, communication...
