A Comparison of Online and Offline Versions of an English as Medium of Instruction Course
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The Covid-19 public health crisis has abruptly forced most content-based English classes online with questions remaining regarding their effectiveness in developing content knowledge and academic skills when delivered through this medium. To address this issue, a mixed-method quasi-experimental study was designed to compare two groups of learners who attended either an offline or online version of the same English as a medium of instruction course. The aim was to establish whether the two groups displayed any differences in their content knowledge, disciplinary writing or perceptions of the course depending on which version of the course they attended. Results demonstrated that in participants the online version of the class outperformed those in the offline version on an assessment of content area knowledge. However, there were no differences in their disciplinary writing performance. Learners were satisfied with both versions of the course but some expressed misgivings about not being able to practice teaching face-to-face and the limitations of receiving feedback on their teaching online. These findings suggest that we need to be cautious about unreflectively moving content-based EMI courses online without considering the possibility that vital opportunities for skill practice and feedback might be lost when we do.
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The Covid-19 public health crisis has abruptly forced most content-based English classes online with questions remaining regarding their effectiveness in developing content knowledge and academic skills when delivered through this medium. To address this issue, a mixed-method quasi-experimental study was designed to compare two groups of learners who attended either an offline or online version of the same English as a medium of instruction course. The aim was to establish whether the two groups displayed any differences in their content knowledge, disciplinary writing or perceptions of the course depending on which version of the course they attended. Results demonstrated that in participants the online version of the class outperformed those in the offline version on an assessment of content area knowledge. However, there were no differences in their disciplinary writing performance. Learners were satisfied with both versions of the course but some expressed misgivings about not being able to practice teaching face-to-face and the limitations of receiving feedback on their teaching online. These findings suggest that we need to be cautious about unreflectively moving content-based EMI courses online without considering the possibility that vital opportunities for skill practice and feedback might be lost when we do.
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