Wednesday, July 27, 2022

August meeting of the ANU Language Teaching Forum

Connected in isolation: Creating 'real-life' language experiences amid a pandemic

Presentation by Eve Chen
  • Monday 1 August 4.15pm – 5pm
  • Online by Zoom
  • Free and open to all with an interest in teaching languages
Abstract
The still ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic has significantly changed the way language courses are taught and learned. With courses switched online or offered in hybrid mode, language course convenors are faced with new challenges of engaging students and creating real-life language experiences when the majority of the class are studying online or in isolation. These challenges are particularly real and present in the two Cantonese courses I convene, as more than 70% of my students were or are still stranded overseas or interstate and had/have to study in isolation during 2020-2022. In this presentation, I share with examples how I connect students with each other and with Cantonese through tailored class activities and assessment items. 

Contact Wesley Lim, Wesley.Lim@anu.edu.au, for the Zoom link and to find out more about the  Language Teaching Forum