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    Is flow possible in the Emergency Remote Teaching foreign language classroom?

    Dewaele, Jean-Marc and Albakistani, Alfaf and Kamal Ahmed, I. (2022) Is flow possible in the Emergency Remote Teaching foreign language classroom? Education Sciences 12 (7), p. 444. ISSN 2227-7102.

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    Abstract

    The present study focuses on the experience of flow among 168 Arab and Kurdish English Foreign Language (EFL) learners in both in-person and emergency remote teaching (ERT) classes. Statistical analyses of questionnaire data revealed that learners did experience flow in their ERT classes but for a significantly shorter time than in the pre-pandemic in-person classes. Those who experienced flow in in-person classes were also more likely to experience it in ERT classes. In the in-person classes, the proportion of time in flow was linked to age, self-rated proficiency, attitudes toward English, attitudes toward the teacher, and the teacher frequency of use of English. In contrast, in ERT classes, the proportion of time in flow was only linked to attitude toward the teacher. This is interpreted as evidence that the ERT does not just cause physical and social isolation but also mental isolation.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): flow, emergency remote teaching, in-person teaching, English Foreign Language
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
    Depositing User: Jean-Marc Dewaele
    Date Deposited: 04 Jul 2022 10:46
    Last Modified: 21 May 2024 18:16
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/48583

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