Technology-Enhanced Language Teaching and Learning: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to many profound changes all over the world, ranging from social life to education. During this time, forced lockdowns were implemented to prevent the disease from spreading. Consequently, education came to a halt for a while, and then institutions proceeded to distance education as a quick response. As almost all stakeholders were caught unprepared for this situation, the distance education might not have been done with full success, leading to some shortcomings and lessons to be learned from this experience. Therefore, this book gives valuable and deep insight into language education during the COVID-19 pandemic by benefitting from the studies conducted during this time. The studies investigated distance foreign language education at the time of the pandemic within its perspectives such as advantages, challenges, raised issues, and learned lessons out of this time. It also includes significant implications obtained in these studies.