Author:
Deng Yuhua,Jaganathan Paramaswari
Abstract
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic forced teachers and students in some Chinese universities to adapt to online classes—a new norm in pedagogical transformation in teaching and learning in the context of big data. We made a case study of students’ silence in the online EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classes at Hunan Institute of Technology to uncover the cause of silence and shed some light on enhancing interactive communication to improve online EFL teaching and learning efficiency. The study analyzed the interactive data obtained from the teaching platform. Questionnaires were distributed to one hundred and two English major students and semi-structured interviews were conducted with sixteen teachers. The results showed that students’ silence was common in online EFL classes. Both the students and teachers cited four similar perceptions for the cause of silence, namely, student-related factors, teacher-related factors, online-related factors, and cultural factors. The student-related factors and online-related factors respectively were cited as key contributing factors to the silence. The study is significant in pedagogical implications as it provides some sharing on best practices for online teaching and learning for undergraduates.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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