Coping with English for academic purposes provision during COVID-19

Coping with English for academic purposes provision during COVID-19

• Kohnke, Lucas Mathias Alfred The Education University of Hong Kong
• Jarvis, Andrew The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Sustainability, 13(15), 2021

MDPI

2021

• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QG Adult, Lifelong & Continuing Education
    • QGE Distance Education

COVID-19 English for Academic Purposes Higher Education English-medium Instruction Emergency Remote Teaching Challenges Opportunities Teachers Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

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COVID-19 and the shift to online teaching necessitated a change in approach for English for Academic Purposes (EAP) teachers in preparing their students for university studies. This study explored how EAP instructors coped with and adapted their provision for emergency remote teaching. The study was conducted at an English-medium university in Hong Kong and a qualitative case study approach was adopted. The results revealed two overarching themes of opportunity and challenge. While the sudden shift to online teaching forced innovation and fostered collaborative learning and feedback, teachers experienced difficulties in communicating with students and monitoring their learning. The study voices teacher perspectives in delivering EAP courses online and highlights important implications for the successful delivery of future online EAP provisions. Copyright © 2021 by the authors.

• English

Journal Articles

• 20711050

• 10.3390/su13158642

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/8fad2e38

2021-11-05