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© The Author(s) 2021.Interaction is seen by many English language teachers and scholars as an essential part of face-to-face English language classrooms. Teachers require specific competencies to effectively use interaction as a tool for mediating and assisting learning. These can be referred to as classroom interactional competence (CIC). However, the situation created by the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic which began in early 2020, and the recent advancement in technologies have led to teachers conducting synchronous online lessons through video-conferencing software. The online environment is distinctly different from the face-to-face classroom and teachers require new and additional skills to effectively utilise interaction online in real time. This exploratory study used an online mixed-method survey of 75 university level English language teachers who had engaged in synchronous online teaching due to COVID-19, to explore the competencies that teachers need to use interaction as a tool to mediate and assist language learning in synchronous online lessons. Teachers were found to require three competencies, in addition to their CIC – technological competencies, online environment management competencies, and online teacher interactional competencies – which together constitute e-CIC. The findings provide greater insights into the needs of teachers required to teach synchronously online and will be of interest to teachers and teacher educators.
Author(s): Moorhouse BL, Li Y, Walsh S
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: RELC Journal
Year: 2023
Volume: 54
Issue: 1
Pages: 114-128
Print publication date: 01/03/2023
Online publication date: 20/02/2021
Acceptance date: 02/04/2016
ISSN (print): 0033-6882
ISSN (electronic): 1745-526X
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0033688220985274
DOI: 10.1177/0033688220985274
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