ERIC Number: EJ1258376
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Publication Date: 2020
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The New Normal?: A Pandemic of Task Engagement in Language Learning
Foreign Language Annals, v53 n2 p314-319 Sum 2020
This article demonstrates how, at a time when learners may be experiencing fear and chaos in other aspects of their lives, a focus on language task engagement is essential across both online and offline language learning contexts. It presents a model of language task engagement and describes why and how teachers can use it to support learner achievement during the current crisis and in the future.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learner Engagement, Task Analysis, Futures (of Society), Fear, Online Courses, Conventional Instruction, Models, Teaching Methods, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Language: English
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