Virtual Synchronous Language Teaching and Learning: The New Frontier in Language Acquisition (Advances in Digital Language Learning and Teaching) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1350497339 ISBN 13: 9781350497337

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2026

Synopsis

This book brings together the experiences of twelve language teaching professionals who experimented with and developed their own successful methods of teaching foreign languages during the COVID-19 pandemic, including through virtual synchronous classrooms. The methods presented are varied in nature, but have all proven to be successful in terms of learning outcomes and satisfying for both students and their teachers. The contributors disseminate their unique teaching methods and discuss their practical applications, across a range of language education contexts, offering insights into what could and should be in focus in post-pandemic learning and instruction environments.

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About the Authors

Slav N. Gratchev is Professor of Spanish at Marshall University, USA. He is the author or editor of eight books, including The Poetics of the Avant-garde in Literature, Arts, and Philosophy (2020).

Michael Thomas is Professor of Education and Social Justice and Chair of the Centre for Educational Research (CERES) at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

Larry Sheret is Professor and Scholarly Communication and Open Educational Resources Librarian at Marshall University, USA.

Mark Peterson is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Kyoto University, Japan.

Mark Warschauer is a Professor in the Department of Education and the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine, Director of UCI's Ph.D. in Education program, and founding director of UCI's Digital Learning Lab.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350497339
• ISBN 13: 9781350497337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 258
• Editor: Gratchev Slav