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<p>The health crisis due to the pandemic has greatly changed many aspects of our lives including the way we teach foreign languages. Online teaching has prevailed over the face-to-face one, and educators and learners alike had to adjust to this major shift. This article is meant to provide some of our findings based on our experience while teaching speaking on Moodle online platform. The first part discusses the benefits and the drawbacks of the online environment, then it presents some of the most important aspects of speaking, and in the end, it focuses on the challenges of online teaching while trying to enhance students’ speaking skills. Speaking is one of the most desirable skills because it enables students to communicate effectively, and teaching this ability online has been challenging but also rewarding.</p>
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The health crisis due to the pandemic has greatly changed many aspects of our lives including the way we teach foreign languages. Online teaching has prevailed over the face-to-face one, and educators and learners alike had to adjust to this major shift. This article is meant to provide some of our findings based on our experience while teaching speaking on Moodle online platform. The first part discusses the benefits and the drawbacks of the online environment, then it presents some of the most important aspects of speaking, and in the end, it focuses on the challenges of online teaching while trying to enhance students’ speaking skills. Speaking is one of the most desirable skills because it enables students to communicate effectively, and teaching this ability online has been challenging but also rewarding.

Reflections on Teaching Speaking for EFL Students in an Online Environment

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The health crisis due to the pandemic has greatly changed many aspects of our lives including the way we teach foreign languages. Online teaching has prevailed...

Reflections on Teaching Speaking for EFL Students in an Online Environment

Data publikacji: 12 lip 2021

Zakres stron: 160 - 164

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2021-0066

Słowa kluczowe
speaking, online environment, accuracy, fluency

© 2021 Alina Gabriela Negoescu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Reflections on Teaching Speaking for EFL Students in an Online Environment

Data publikacji: 12 lip 2021

Zakres stron: 160 - 164

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2021-0066

Słowa kluczowespeaking, online environment, accuracy, fluency

© 2021 Alina Gabriela Negoescu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
speaking, online environment, accuracy, fluency