Defined as a course that allows students to participate in a flexible manner. Students may participate in synchronous in person classes or complete course tasks online without actually being in class ( Beatty, 2019 AU54: The citation "Beatty, 2019" matches multiple references. Please add letters (e.g. "Smith 2000a"), or additional authors to the citation, to uniquely match references and citations. ).
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Hybrid Flexible (HyFlex) Teaching in Foreign Language Education: Enhancing Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Through an Innovative Digital Pedagogy
Copyright: © 2024
|Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-0353-5.ch011
Abstract
Hybrid flexible (HyFlex) teaching, which is assumed as a much more flexible and learner-centered instruction mode, has received great attention from educators and researchers in recent years. In HyFlex learning and teaching environment, learners can make decisions on how they attend lessons i.e., face-to-face in a real classroom, online synchronously, or asynchronously after the allotted real lesson time. The present chapter aims to introduce HyFlex teaching as a new digital pedagogical and technological approach to the mode of instruction in relation to the foreign language learning and teaching field. In addition, this chapter discusses the benefits of EFL teaching in HyFlex classroom environments along with some challenges and possible solutions proposed by instructors in the light of the current relevant literature and empirical research. Furthermore, HyFlex teaching can promote equal, inclusive, and accessible learning conditions for all students regardless of their diverse backgrounds are addressed, in turn fostering foreign language learning and teaching processes.