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Published By Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

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Neofilolog ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 237-247
Author(s):  
Krystian Kamiński

At the beginning of 2020, educational systems around the world faced one of the greatest and most important challenges of the 21st century. Due to the global pandemic and the need to introduce social distancing rules, it was decided to close schools and switch to modes of learning that do not require physical contact between learners and teachers. This decision was associated with numerous problems and difficulties in various areas of school life and the necessity to introduce new rules. More than a year after the introduction of the new learning reality, teachers and students around the world have managed to adapt. International researchers are trying to describe this new order by asking questions about what the school looks like in the time of the pandemic, how students are doing, and what strategies teachers have adopted. The article focuses on research on education and foreign language teaching conducted in 2020 in China, South Korea, Germany, and Poland. The findings to date are combined with a brief description of the educational situation in these countries. Finally, the first conclusions and recommendations are formulated that can be drawn on the basis of data collected by international researchers. 


Neofilolog ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 217-235
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Jankowiak

Affective factors are one of the two types of individual factors that influence success in the process of foreign language learning. They consist of personality traits, as well as positive and negative emotions. This emotional dichotomy is also reflected in the popular concept of comfort zone. The aim of this paper is to define the comfort zone in the context of distance learning language classes and to check if and how it is possible to implement this model in research in the field of glottodidactics. The results of empirical research on the perception and experience of the comfort zone during synchronous distance learning classes by philology students are presented and analyzed in order to draw conclusions on the impact of positive and negative emotions on the process and effects of the language distance learning. 


Neofilolog ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 185-195
Author(s):  
Halina Widła

 At the end of the first semester of the 2019/2020 academic year, we conducted an opinion survey of 50 philology students on their willingness to adopt new pedagogical approaches based largely on digital media. We measured the degree of appreciation of different forms of academic work, including lectures, tutorials and seminars, modified by these approaches. After a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we investigated the potential revision of views on the practical application of the innovations described in 2020. Our research focused on appreciating the usefulness and effectiveness of the teaching methods analyzed during the initial research, judged through the prism of current experiences.  


Neofilolog ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 265-279
Author(s):  
Marta Gierzyńska

Refining reading comprehension skills is one of the basic tasks that students of foreign languages and their teachers face. Some of the texts offered in students’ books do not make pupils interested in the topic, motivated or encouraged enough to develop their reading comprehension ability. The reason is that these texts are compulsory students have to read them which thus makes the readings less interesting. Learning foreign languages essentially should be focused on their posterior use in extracurricular, personal and then occupational conditions. Since reading is necessary, then choosing simple books in a foreign language would be worth considering. Such texts may be perceived by the students differently from the compulsory readings in class. What is more, reading didactically adapted, longer literary texts and their proper reception will certainly be satisfying for the student. This article provides the reader with the examples of using simplified readings in the global and detailed text processing which, in turn, takes into account techniques such as pre-reading, while-reading and post-reading. Furthermore, the article presents the ideas of including Information and Communication Technologies in teaching which influences students’ engagement and allows the teacher to monitor their work.


Neofilolog ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 249-264
Author(s):  
Jolanta Sujecka-Zając

The 2020/2021 pandemic year has been difficult for teachers at all levels of education including higher education. There was a need to switch quickly to another type of education that would achieve the same objectives as before. How did the university teachers face this challenge? What consequences have been drawn for university teaching in general? We propose to take a global perspective of the state of current university pedagogy to highlight the need to renovate its approaches and to put the learner at the center of the process so to provide pedagogical support in his learning. We will analyze the results of three surveys concerning remote teaching and learning in Poland and in Europe. Finally, we will show what tools can be used to better monitor students` learning in virtual classes. 


Neofilolog ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 197-216
Author(s):  
Yuliya Asotska-Wierzba

Modern technology has already changed the way we live, but the COVID-19 pandemic has provided us educators with an unprecedented situation in which we are faced with the enormous challenge of teaching online for a long period of time. It is therefore important to analyse various techniques for getting the most out of distance teaching, especially in a synchronous mode. The aim of the study discussed in this article was to analyse students’ attitudes towards collaborative online work undertaken in synchronous mode during the pandemic. Thirty-three first-year BA students studying English Philology participated in this study. Respondents reflected on the process of online, synchronous collaboration via MS Teams by answering an online survey. The results of the study revealed that collaborative learning allows participants to actively participate in an online lesson, interact with others, co-construct a writing task, apply the new language introduced in lessons in a practical task and receive almost instant feedback. Consequently, any sense of isolation the students may feel is reduced and a sense of community is developed. In addition to this, a collaborative task enhances students’ use of academic skills and the development of key competences that can lay the foundation for lifelong learning. 


Neofilolog ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 281-294
Author(s):  
Lucyna Krenz-Brzozowska ◽  
Hanka Błaszkowska

W Instytucie Lingwistyki Stosowanej (ILS) jak na całym Uniwersytecie im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu (UAM) zajęcia stacjonarne zostały zawieszone z dniem 11 marca 2019 roku wskutek ogłoszenia stanu pandemii i do chwili obecnej (kwiecień 2021) odbywają się w trybie zdalnym. Władze dziekańskie zezwoliły zarówno na asynchroniczne prowadzenie zajęć, np. droga mejlową, z wykorzystaniem wydziałowej platformy Moodle, jak i synchroniczne, początkowo z wykorzystaniem komunikatorów internetowych takich jak Zoom, MS Teams czy Skype. Obecnie synchroniczne prowadzenie zajęć dozwolone jest wyłącznie z użyciem MS Teams. Konieczność przestawienia się z nauczania stacjonarnego na nauczanie zdalne spadła więc zarówno na wykładowców jak i studentów nagle, powodując chwilową dezorganizację procesu nauczania. W krótkim czasie obie strony musiały jednak zorganizować się na nowo i podjąć nieznane dotąd wyzwanie nauki i nauczania całkowicie na odległość, mimo iż sama forma komunikacji przez Internet nie była przecież nowa. Z jakimi problemami to się wiązało i do jakich wniosków prowadzi przedstawia ten artykuł. Celem jego jest refleksja nad formą i realizacją nauczania zdalnego w ramach wybranych przedmiotów na studiach I i II stopnia lingwistyki stosowanej w ILS w roku akademickim 2019/20 i 2020/21 wypływająca z doświadczeń prowadzących te zajęcia autorek artykułu a także uczestniczących w nich studentów, oraz wyciągnięcie wniosków w zakresie efektywności tej formy nauczania oraz podnoszenia jakości kształcenia w ramach badanych przedmiotów.   


Neofilolog ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 181-183
Author(s):  
Radosław Kucharczyk ◽  
Jarosław Krajka

Neofilolog ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 295-310
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Barbara Tymoszuk

The article presents findings of the research into the use of discussion forums in remote learning. This tool was used in a series of academic classes aimed at developing selected elements of translation competence. The paper begins with a discussion of the notion of translation competence and its components, followed by a presentation of didactic objectives formulated for the presented series of classes with full-time teaching in mind, the level of knowledge and skills of the course participants, the degree of realization of the didactic objectives in remote teaching, and conclusions.  


Neofilolog ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 119-133
Author(s):  
Monika Grabowska ◽  
Agata Zapłotna

The paper  presents the results of a survey conducted in the academic year 2018/2019 among students of Italian Studies at the University of Wroclaw on metacognitive self-consciousness concerning Italian writing proficiency. The questions concerned the students' practice of written forms of expression in their private lives; the contribution (actual or anticipated) of writing proficiency in their current and future professional career; and the evaluation of the teaching of writing proficiency within the university curriculum of Italian Studies. The study was qualitative and conducted from an emic perspective, involving students in metacognitive reflection. The results of the study indicate limited metacognitive self-consciousness on the part of the students of Italian Studies, who are not, however, devoid of any criticism of the practical Italian language course curriculum. 


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