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Publication Date: 2022
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Facilitating Technology-Based Character Learning in Emergency Remote Teaching
Foreign Language Annals, v55 n1 p72-97 Spr 2022
The study reports pedagogical adaptations that Chinese language instructors made to support students' character learning during emergency remote teaching in 2020. Data from an online questionnaire and follow-up interviews show that the handwriting requirement in the language curriculum was modified to give way to technology-based instruction, making the conventionally isolated and solitary task of character learning more integrative and interactive. Beginning-level instructors' use of technology in character instruction was correlated with their self-confidence, perceived time sufficiency, technology access, and support received. Meanwhile, intermediate- and upper-level instructors' self-confidence and perceived values of online teaching were factors associated with their technology use. The crucial role of teacher communities in offering language-specific training and peer support is emphasized, and implications to the broader field of foreign language teaching are discussed.
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Distance Education, Teaching Methods, Beginning Teachers, Orthographic Symbols, Self Esteem, Teacher Attitudes, Handwriting, Educational Change, Technology Uses in Education, Access to Computers, Technical Support, Online Courses, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development
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Language: English
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