Adapting to the online learning environment with Interchange, with Paul Nadasdy

With the onset of the pandemic, oral communication classes at many universities in Japan switched to being online – a challenging set of circumstances faced similarly by teachers around the world. Join Paul Nadasdy as he explores how English communication classes at a technical university in Tokyo went through several transformations over a short period of time, and how Interchange materials were successfully adapted and utilized. He talks about how high levels of communicative practice were maintained, how the course materials kept students engaged and motivated in an online environment, and how Interchange may continue to be utilized in combination with the technology once classes return to the normal setting.

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Paul Nadasdy is Associate Professor and lecturer of English at Tokyo Denki University. His main research interests are in vocabulary, with a specific focus on testing and acquisition, and learner psychology, with a specific focus on learner needs, group dynamics, motivation, and how self-belief affects foreign or second language learning.