Locking down and opening out: Creating new virtual spaces for
writers and presenters during the pandemic

C 2023

Locking down and opening out: Creating new virtual spaces for writers and presenters during the pandemic

LENNON, Joseph, Alena HRADILOVÁ, Petra TRÁVNÍKOVÁ and Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK

Basic information

Original name

Locking down and opening out: Creating new virtual spaces for writers and presenters during the pandemic

Authors

LENNON, Joseph (840 United States of America, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Alena HRADILOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petra TRÁVNÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

New York and London, International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Academic English in Turbulent Times, p. 178-188, 11 pp. 1st edition, 2023

Publisher

Routledge

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50300 5.3 Education

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14640/23:00130200

Organization unit

Language Centre

ISBN

978-1-032-25478-4

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003283409-19

UT WoS

001010767800001

Keywords in English

remote teaching; online learning; academic writing and presentation skills; videoconferencing;

Abstract

V originále

This chapter highlights three examples of how the pandemic-forced transition from face-to-face to online formats inspired teachers at the Czech Republic’s largest language centre to create more effective virtual spaces for dynamic communication in EAP courses. The emergency move to remote instruction made some familiar teaching methods more difficult or impossible, but in the improvised search for alternative methods, we discovered new tools and techniques which increased interaction and engagement in the classes. First, in a presentation skills course, a strategic use of the Zoom platform with its breakout rooms gave students new opportunities to prepare, discuss, and deliver their talks. The changes in the course format led students to offer and receive more constructive feedback and reflect with more insight on their own performances. Second, the potential of experiential learning was explored in an international video conferencing course, where breakout rooms gave learners who were separated by vast distances an authentic functional space in which to collaborate. Third, the physical constraints of lockdown were turned into advantages in an academic writing course, where students were asked to look through various multimedia “windows on the world” and then use experiences and language from those encounters to fuel their critical writings. These successes have helped us develop a new set of best practices and principles to guide our language centre beyond the tumultuous pandemic years.

Citovat

LENNON, Joseph, Alena HRADILOVÁ, Petra TRÁVNÍKOVÁ and Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK. Locking down and opening out: Creating new virtual spaces for writers and presenters during the pandemic. In James Fenton, Julio Gimenez, Katherine Mansfield, Martin Percy, Mariangela Spinillo. International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Academic English in Turbulent Times. New York and London: Routledge, 2023, p. 178-188. 1st edition. ISBN 978-1-032-25478-4. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003283409-19.

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LENNON, Joseph, Alena HRADILOVÁ, Petra TRÁVNÍKOVÁ and Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK. Locking down and opening out: Creating new virtual spaces for writers and presenters during the pandemic. In James Fenton, Julio Gimenez, Katherine Mansfield, Martin Percy, Mariangela Spinillo. \textit{International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Academic English in Turbulent Times}. New York and London: Routledge, 2023, p.~178-188. 1st edition. ISBN~978-1-032-25478-4. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003283409-19.

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