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The new normal?: A pandemic of task engagement in language learning
Author(s) -
Egbert Joy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/flan.12452
Subject(s) - task (project management) , psychology , focus (optics) , language acquisition , task analysis , covid-19 , language education , cognitive psychology , mathematics education , medicine , physics , management , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , optics , economics
This article demonstrates how, at a time when learners may be experiencing fear and chaos in other aspects of their lives, a focus on language task engagement is essential across both online and offline language learning contexts. It presents a model of language task engagement and describes why and how teachers can use it to support learner achievement during the current crisis and in the future.