Résumés
Abstract
The pandemic of 2020 frequently necessitated that offshore school teachers continue their instruction of Chinese children in the online format rather than face-to-face back in China; a so-called emergency remote teaching response. A required change in pedagogy accompanied a range of challenges in an effort to offer quality education to English as a Second Language (ESL) students. During the fall 2020-2021 academic year, a sample of 25 teachers and 3 principals provided feedback on those inherent challenges in a mixed method study consisting of surveys, interviews, and focus groups. Factors that impacted the delivery were identified in broad categories of teacher lifestyle, hindrances with technology, teaching practice, and pedagogical support. The findings were unique in that 1) they were nested in a response to a difficult context as opposed to a carefully planned online instruction and 2) second language students constituted a different learning cohort. This work further adds to the literature by suggesting that cognitive load, self-regulation, and attentional literacy deserve careful consideration when contexts of ESL learning with technology are implicated.
Keywords:
- ESL,
- Online learning,
- offshore schools,
- COVID-19
Résumé
La pandémie de 2020 a fréquemment nécessité que les enseignants des écoles délocalisées poursuivent leur instruction des enfants chinois en ligne plutôt qu'en présentiel en Chine ; une réponse dite d'enseignement à distance d'urgence. Un changement nécessaire de pédagogie s'est accompagné d'une série de défis dans le but d'offrir une éducation de qualité aux élèves en anglais langue seconde (ALS). Au cours de l'année scolaire d'automne 2020-2021, un échantillon de 25 enseignants et de 3 directeurs d'école ont fourni des commentaires sur ces défis inhérents dans le cadre d’une étude à méthode mixte composée d'enquêtes, d'entretiens et de groupes de discussion. Les facteurs qui ont eu un impact sur la prestation ont été identifiés dans les grandes catégories de : style de vie des enseignants, les obstacles liés à la technologie, les pratiques de enseignement et le soutien pédagogique. Les résultats étaient uniques en ce que 1) ils étaient liés à une réponse à un contexte difficile par opposition à un enseignement en ligne soigneusement planifié et 2) les élèves en langue seconde constituent une cohorte d'apprentissage différente. Ce travail contribue à la littérature en suggérant que la charge cognitive, l'autorégulation et la littératie attentionnelle méritent une attention particulière lorsque des contextes d'apprentissage de l'anglais langue seconde avec la technologie sont impliqués.
Mots-clés :
- ALS,
- apprentissage en ligne,
- écoles délocalisées,
- COVID-19
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