Using critical reflections in action research to enhance students' interactivity in online EFL learning contexts
Amidst the paradigm shift to the digitalization of teaching and learning post COVID-19, the conceptualized effectiveness of online interactions as facets of immediate and delayed learning among learners and teachers seems to provide solutions to the absence of face-to-face interaction. This action r...
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| description | Amidst the paradigm shift to the digitalization of teaching and learning post COVID-19, the conceptualized effectiveness of online interactions as facets of immediate and delayed learning among learners and teachers seems to provide solutions to the absence of face-to-face interaction. This action research study investigated the effects of critical reflection on the enhancement of interactivity among students in online courses after being engaged in different weekly reflective and critical asynchronous discussions on Blackboard. The study used a classroom cyclic action-research approach to enhance students' critical reflection over a period of three months. Participants were 49 male and female Bahraini undergraduates majoring in English Language and Literature. Findings revealed that engaging students in critical reflective discussions enhanced their interactivity in the discussion boards and lessened communication apprehension. Students' preferences for teaching and learning methods changed to supporting the use of online critical reflective discussions. The findings support the integration of critical reflective discussions in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning contexts and suggest useful implications for educators and decision-makers in Bahrain and in the wider region. |
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| subjects | Action Research Anxiety Bahrain Classroom communication Classrooms Computer assisted language learning Computer Mediated Communication COVID-19 critical reflection Critical Thinking Decision makers Delayed discussion boards Distance learning Educational Change EFL English (Second Language) English as a second language English as a second language instruction English language Foreign Countries Foreign languages Group Discussion Interactive communication Interpersonal communication Learning environment Learning Management Systems Linguistics Online Courses Pandemics Peer Relationship Preferences Second Language Instruction Second Language Learning Students Teachers Teaching Teaching Methods Undergraduate Students |
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