The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching English Worldwide in the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching English Worldwide
in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Edited by Ferit Kılıçkaya, Joanna Kic-Drgas and Rachel Nahlen

Introduction ................................................................................................ 1
Ferit Kılıçkaya, Joanna Kic-Drgas, Rachel Nahlen
Chapter 1 .................................................................................................... 5
Enhancing the Quality of Teaching and Assessment: Teaching English
in Algeria
Abderrahim Bouderbane
Chapter 2 .................................................................................................. 11
Online Teaching Journey during the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Roles and Responsibilities of EFL Teachers
Asma Rahmani
Chapter 3 .................................................................................................. 18
Online Teaching Challenges and Benefits in the Era of the Coronavirus
Pandemic
Khadidja Samira Zitouni
Chapter 4 .................................................................................................. 24
The Implementation of Online Learning during COVID-19:
Challenges and Perspectives
Narimane Miloudi
Chapter 5 .................................................................................................. 31
A Successful Story of Teaching Synchronous One-to-One Classes
Fernanda Riggon
Chapter 6 .................................................................................................. 38
Developing Rapport Online in a Legal English Course
Lindsey M. Kurtz
Chapter 7 .................................................................................................. 45
Remote and Remood: Involving Language Learners in Active Online
Teaching
Tugce Cankaya Simpson
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Chapter 8 .................................................................................................. 52
English for Specific Purposes, at a University in France
Carmela Chateau-Smith
Chapter 9 .................................................................................................. 59
The Challenge of Teaching Future Primary School Teachers to Teach
English during Lockdown
Jill Kay Partridge Salomon
Chapter 10 ................................................................................................ 66
Lessons Learned during Emergency Remote Teaching: Reflections
of a Secondary School Language Teacher from Hungary
Krisztina Szőcs
Chapter 11 ................................................................................................ 72
Challenges and Opportunities of English Language Teaching and Learning
in the Iranian Context during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Farnoosh Mohamaddokht
Chapter 12 ................................................................................................ 79
Challenges of ESP Courses during COVID-19: Creating Better Learning
Opportunities for Medical Students
Fatemeh Ranjbaran
Chapter 13 ................................................................................................ 85
Online Teaching: A Blessing in Disguise
Yasin Khoshhal Delijani
Chapter 14 ................................................................................................ 91
Teaching through the COVID-19 Pandemic: Reflections of an Educational
Crisis in Iran
Maedeh Amini
Chapter 15 ................................................................................................ 98
Challenges and Opportunities of Online EFL Classes in Iran
Mohammad Hadi Ahmadi
Chapter 16 .............................................................................................. 105
Vestige of Hope during the Pandemic
Nava Eghdami
The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching English Worldwide
in the COVID-19 Pandemic
vii
Chapter 17 .............................................................................................. 111
Challenges and Opportunities of Online Teaching in IELTS Preparation
Courses in Iran
Sima Fatemipour
Chapter 18 .............................................................................................. 117
Covididactics: Adjusting Flipped Learning to Teach (English)
Translation Remotely
Antonio Taglialatela
Chapter 19 .............................................................................................. 125
Pandemic Crisis: How Digital Classroom Affected Language
Acquisition in Iceland and Malaysia
Jeannette Jeffrey
Chapter 20 .............................................................................................. 132
Teaching Use of English in a Nigerian University during the COVID-19
Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities
Adegboye Adeyanju
Chapter 21 .............................................................................................. 138
Emergency English: Reflections on Teaching English Online during
the COVID -19 Pandemic in Nigeria
Gabriel B. Egbe
Chapter 22 .............................................................................................. 144
An Appraisal of Online Teaching (Google Classroom) of a Spoken
English Course to L2 Learners in a Nigerian University during
the COVID-19 Pandemic
Julianah Ajoke Akindele
Chapter 23 .............................................................................................. 150
Online Learning: A Blessing or a Curse
Agnieszka Borowiak
Chapter 24 .............................................................................................. 158
Teaching Academic Writing Online: Major Challenges and Possible
Solutions
Mehmet Orkun Canbay, Aaron Monroe
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Chapter 25 .............................................................................................. 166
Testing Times during Teaching Online
Justin Kernot
Chapter 26 .............................................................................................. 170
As One Door Closes Another One Opens: Augmenting Teacher-Student
Interaction in a Linguistic University
Svetlana Yu. Pavlina
Chapter 27 .............................................................................................. 177
“If You Don’t Try, You Will Never Know”: Personal Adaptations
in Teaching an EFL Pedagogy Course during the Pandemic
Thi Thuy Loan Nguyen
Chapter 28 .............................................................................................. 183
Loss of Spatial Interaction in Virtual Environments and the Improvement
of Cognition: Online Literature Classroom through Adobe Connect
Mustafa Zeki Çıraklı
Chapter 29 .............................................................................................. 192
The Shift to Online Instruction at a Turkish University during
the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ali Şükrü Özbay
Chapter 30 .............................................................................................. 199
The Pandemic Made Us Reconsider Our Teaching Contexts and Styles
Sedat Akayoğlu
Chapter 31 .............................................................................................. 205
Being a Curriculum Development Unit Member during the COVID-19
Pandemic
Seda Altıner
Chapter 32 .............................................................................................. 211
EFL Motivation at the Time of the Pandemic: Challenges at a Swiss
Language School
Virag Csillagh
The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching English Worldwide
in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Chapter 33 .............................................................................................. 218
Tackle Students’ Negative Feelings: An Application of Positive Education
in an Online Driver Blended Classroom
Van Thi Kieu Le, Linh Le Nhat Pham
Conclusion .............................................................................................. 225
Ferit Kılıçkaya, Joanna Kic-Drgas, Rachel Nahlen
Contributors ............................................................................................ 229