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First,teachershadtorepeatthesamesetofinstructionsorexplanationstoeachoftheroughly90studentsintheclassatthebeginningofeachconversation,reducingtheamountoftimeeachstudenthadforlanguageuse.Also,studentsthathadnoZoomappointmentwerelessproductiveastheywouldlosesightoftheirgoalsbetweensessions.Moreover,studentsinearliergroupswereabletosharedetailsoftheinterviewcontents,allowinglatergroupstobeabletobetterprepareandgivingthemanadvantageovertheearliergroups.Finally,severalstudentswereobservedtobeabitanxiousaboutmeetingwiththeinstructoralone.Inordertoaddresstheseissues,theZoomsessionswerechangedfromindividualconversationstogroupconversations（figure7）.TheENTwouldstillspeaktostudentsoneatatime,butstudentscouldlistenandlearnfromtheirpeersaswellasmakecommentsorreacttotheirpeers’dialogues.Furthermore,theJNTwouldprovidelanguagetips,vocabularyhints,andgiveextraculturalinformationinthechattohelpfacilitatethestudentsastheyspoke.Thisformathelpedbuildastrongersinceofcommunityintheclassandalsoallowedformoreopportunitiestomeetduringthesemester,increasingfromonly2sessionsin2020to6sessionsinthespringof2021and7inthefall.Althoughmoresessionscouldhavebeenadded,itwasbelievedthatkeepingsmallergroupswouldimprovethequalityofeachsession.Overall,theremotelearningclassesof2020and2021weremostlysuccessfulinmeetingmostofthecurriculumgoals.IntermsofattitudestowardlearningEnglish,99%（n=84）ofthesophomoreclassof2021indicatedapositivechangeintheirattitudetowardEnglishlearning.Inaddition,theiroverallproficiencywithEnglishshowedanoverallincreaseovertheirtwoyearsofremotestudyinthecourseasevidencedbytheirComputerAdaptedEnglishProficiencyTest（CASEC）scoresasseeninfigure8.4BacktotheClassroom4.1AdifferentclassroomStudentshavereturnedbacktoface-to-faceforthiscoursestartinginthespringsemesterof2022.Thisalsomarkedareturntotheoriginalcurriculumdesignusedbeforethepandemic,albeitwithseveralrestrictionsonwhatactivitiescanbedoneduetoprecautionsagainstCOVID-19.Beforethepandemic,groupworkwasalargepartofthecurriculum,butsocialdistancingrequirementsmakeitmoredifficulttoputstudentsingroupswhilemaintainingasafedistancewithlimitedspaceintheclassroom.Inaddition,studentsareencouragedtonotmovearoundtheclassroomasmuch,sominglingandrelayactivitiesarenoteasilyutilized.TheuseoffacemasksalsopreventsstudentsfrombeingabletoseemouthmovementduringspeechandmakesitabitmoredifficultforquieterspeakersJournalofChubuUniversityEducationNo.22（2022）―56―Figure7:IndividualZoominterview（Oguri&Allen,2021）Figure8:Classof2020CASECscores（Allen&Oguri,2022）Figure6:IndividualZoominterview（Oguri&Allen,2021）0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100% 2020 Oct2021 Jan2022 Jan272018161616293437133B 600-759C 450-599D 390-449E 0-389