Chinese Undergraduates’ Perspectives of an Emergency Shift to Online English Instruction during COVID-19 Pandemic in Wuhan

The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant challenges for global higher education institutions, which serve to accelerate an emergency shift from traditional face-to-face instruction to online instruction. This raises questions about whether the Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) is perceived as sat...

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Main Authors: Tang, Xiaofei, Liu, Yingliang
Other Authors: Jamil, Md Golam
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90022
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant challenges for global higher education institutions, which serve to accelerate an emergency shift from traditional face-to-face instruction to online instruction. This raises questions about whether the Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) is perceived as satisfactory by students. This study reports on a case of Wuhan University of Technology’s ERT practices, investigating 59 Chinese undergraduates’ learning experience of English Writing A2 over 16 weeks from February to June 2020 through mixed methods. The investigation was conducted via an online questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Major results showed that the vast majority of students held a positive attitude towards the implemented ERT-based course. Pedagogical reflections were further provided in relation to technical infrastructure, online learning platforms, and preparedness of universities and teachers.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-900222023-07-03T04:22:55Z Chinese Undergraduates’ Perspectives of an Emergency Shift to Online English Instruction during COVID-19 Pandemic in Wuhan Tang, Xiaofei Liu, Yingliang Jamil, Md Golam Morley, Dawn Emergency Remote Teaching Students’ feedback COVID-19 Online English instruction Higher education The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant challenges for global higher education institutions, which serve to accelerate an emergency shift from traditional face-to-face instruction to online instruction. This raises questions about whether the Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) is perceived as satisfactory by students. This study reports on a case of Wuhan University of Technology’s ERT practices, investigating 59 Chinese undergraduates’ learning experience of English Writing A2 over 16 weeks from February to June 2020 through mixed methods. The investigation was conducted via an online questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Major results showed that the vast majority of students held a positive attitude towards the implemented ERT-based course. Pedagogical reflections were further provided in relation to technical infrastructure, online learning platforms, and preparedness of universities and teachers. 2022 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90022 10.1007/978-3-030-92979-4_17 English Palgrave Macmillan Palgrave Macmillan Cham restricted
spellingShingle Emergency Remote Teaching
Students’ feedback
COVID-19
Online English instruction
Higher education
Tang, Xiaofei
Liu, Yingliang
Chinese Undergraduates’ Perspectives of an Emergency Shift to Online English Instruction during COVID-19 Pandemic in Wuhan
title Chinese Undergraduates’ Perspectives of an Emergency Shift to Online English Instruction during COVID-19 Pandemic in Wuhan
title_full Chinese Undergraduates’ Perspectives of an Emergency Shift to Online English Instruction during COVID-19 Pandemic in Wuhan
title_fullStr Chinese Undergraduates’ Perspectives of an Emergency Shift to Online English Instruction during COVID-19 Pandemic in Wuhan
title_full_unstemmed Chinese Undergraduates’ Perspectives of an Emergency Shift to Online English Instruction during COVID-19 Pandemic in Wuhan
title_short Chinese Undergraduates’ Perspectives of an Emergency Shift to Online English Instruction during COVID-19 Pandemic in Wuhan
title_sort chinese undergraduates’ perspectives of an emergency shift to online english instruction during covid-19 pandemic in wuhan
topic Emergency Remote Teaching
Students’ feedback
COVID-19
Online English instruction
Higher education
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90022