Enriching the Linguistic Concept Development of English Undergraduates Through Covid-Induced Blended Learning Practices: A Design- Based Research Perspective

Anita Buczek-Zawiła

doi:10.18290/rh237110sp-2

Published : 2023-11-24

Vol. 71 No. 10sp (2023)

Enriching the Linguistic Concept Development of English Undergraduates Through Covid-Induced Blended Learning Practices: A Design- Based Research Perspective

Anita Buczek-Zawiła

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4179-0219

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rh237110sp-2

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This paper investigates the incorporation of blended-learning instructional design into an academia-level linguistic course of Contrastive Phonetics and Phonology as an effective and localised measure to suit the shift from the physical classroom to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. This course followed the principle of design-based learning. The research examines the ensuing revision of pedagogical intervention on three subsequent course iterations, taking place both under pandemic restrictions and in the post-pandemic reality, as well as the participants’ opinions and attitudes towards the changed instructional paradigm. Using a mixed quantitative and qualitative methodology, the data were collected from the participants’ final exam marks, their comments in course evaluation surveys and from semi-structured interviews. The findings reveal the multi-aspectual effectiveness of the hybrid design and the participants’ favourable attitude towards the revised course design, thus proving that this could be a new, post-pandemic course formula.

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design-based research, intervention revision, blended learning, attitude development, higher education

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