中部大学教育研究2022

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1IntroductionTheCOVID-19pandemicbroughtaboutdrasticchangesinthewaypeopleinteractedatwork,inpublic,andatschools.Inordertomitigatethespreadofthevirus,universitiesswitchedfromface-to-faceclassestoadistance-learningmodel.Thismovetoonlinechangedthewayteachersandstudentsapproachedlearning.Teachershadtoreconfigureface-to-facecoursesinawaythatwouldbeaccessibleonline,andstudentshadtolearnhowtodealwithbeingphysicallyisolatedfromtheirpeers.Astheseverityofthepandemicbegantowane,schoolsbegantoreopentheirclassroomsandstudentsreturnedtocampus.However,thisreturntoschoolhasnotnecessarilycoincidedwithareturntonormalcy.Thisstudyfocusesonthechallengesinre-adaptingtoface-to-facelessons,bybothteachersandstudents,inarequiredgeneralEnglishcourseforengineeringstudentsataJapaneseuniversity.2BeforeCOVID-19Beforediscussingthechallengesofthetransitionfromremotelearningbacktoface-to-facelearning,itisimportanttounderstandhowandwhythecoursewasdesignedinthepre-pandemicera.Thecoursewascreatedin2014to―53―＊1SeniorAssistantProfessor,LanguageProgram（English）,SchoolofGeneralEducation,ChubuUniversity＊2Professor,LanguageProgram（English）,SchoolofGeneralEducation,ChubuUniversityBacktotheClassroom:bringinglessonslearnedfromdistancelearningbackintotheblended-learningclassroomALLEND.Patrick＊1andOGURISeiko＊2AbstractTheCOVID-19Pandemicrequiredmanycoursestomigratefromface-to-facelearningtoaremotelearningmodel.ThisstudyfollowsageneralEnglishcurriculumforroboticmajorsatChubuUniversityanddetailsthewayitchangedfromface-to-faceclassroomstodistancelearningandbackagain.Thefocusofthestudyisnotonlyonhowthecurriculumchangedandadaptedtofacenewchallenges,butwhatlessonswerelearnedduringthechanges.Itexplorestheeffectschangesincurriculumhavehadonthestudentsinthesecondyearprogramin2022,whojusttookthecourseremotelyintheirfreshmanyearandjustfinishedtheirfirstsemesterofface-to-faceinstruction.ThestudyaddressesboththeirperceptionofthecourseasawholeandtheirmotivationinEnglishlearning.Thestudyaimstoserveasasmallcasestudyinhowteachersandstudentscanadapttounexpectedchangesinmethodsofstudyandhighlightboththegradualandnon-linearnatureofthelanguagelearningprocess.Finally,theexperiencesemphasizetheimportanceofflexibilityandpatiencewhenitcomestoEnglishlanguagepedagogy.Keywordsblendedlearning,remotelearning,motivation,teacherroles,coursedesign