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https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v24i3.4677
Teaching English and German Language in Primary School during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Implications for Foreign Language Teaching Methodology
Željka Knežević
orcid.org/0000-0002-1196-1363
; Faculty of Teacher Education University of Zagreb Savska cesta 77, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Šenjug Krleža
orcid.org/0000-0003-4137-3682
; Faculty of Teacher Education University of Zagreb Savska cesta 77, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Monika Ivančan
; Faculty of Teacher Education University of Zagreb Savska cesta 77, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Emergency remote education (ERE) during the COVID-19 pandemic placed
unexpected challenges before foreign language teachers and shifted the focus on
their competences to teach using digital tools. To gain insight into the ways in which
primary school English and German language teachers answered the mentioned
challenges, their teaching practice, and experiences in ERE during the 2020 lock-down
period was investigated. In addition, their self-assessment of competence to apply
digital technology in teaching was examined. The results show that the participants,
although they mostly estimate their competence for teaching using digital technologies
to be at the intermediate level, most frequently mediated the teaching content by giving
instructions written in Word and by using videos on YouTube. Likewise, although
there are indications that teachers are familiar with digital teaching tools, the results
show a lack of their didactic-teaching knowledge and skills for applying the mentioned
tools in teaching. These findings point to the need for greater presence of the issue of
teaching via digital technologies in foreign language methodology courses.
Ključne riječi
digital technology; ERE; teacher’s competence
Hrčak ID:
285649
URI
Datum izdavanja:
16.11.2022.
Posjeta: 619 *