A road map to engage online EFL and ESL learners: A book review in focus

Hossein Isaee; Hamed  Barjesteh

doi:10.59400/fes.v2i3.1395

A road map to engage online EFL and ESL learners: A book review in focus

Hossein Isaee The Department of English Language and Literature, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran
Hamed Barjesteh The Department of English Language and Literature, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran

Article ID: 1395

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59400/fes.v2i3.1395

Keywords: ELT; engagement; face-to-face classes; online learning/teaching

Abstract

The outbreak of coronavirus in 2020 posed a significant challenge for English Language Teaching (ELT) instructors, who were obliged to transform their face-to-face classes into virtual and online ones overnight. In this new, unfamiliar context, it was crucial to keep students constantly engaged, motivated, and interested in learning. Nonetheless, rather than merely taking into account the pessimistic facets of this paradigm shift, many scholars and experts tried to concentrate on the chances that remote/online context presents for language learning and teaching communities. In effect, “Engaging Online Language Learners” is a practical book, the authors of which have considered the sudden shift online connected with the pandemic as an opportunity to enhance the inclusivity of language learning while testifying that EFL/ESL learners’ engagement in a remote/online language learning context ought to be an inevitable priority. Being well targeted to its ELT audience and deeply grounded in both principles of learning engagement and foreign language teaching theories, the book straightly targets language teachers, whether experienced ones or those who intend to teach online for the first time. It also bestows ELT teachers with a clear road map to discern what the next steps are for innovative practices in online/remote learning and teaching contexts.

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2024-07-15

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Isaee, H., & Barjesteh, H. (2024). A road map to engage online EFL and ESL learners: A book review in focus. Forum for Education Studies, 2(3), 1395. https://doi.org/10.59400/fes.v2i3.1395

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