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CoI-based teaching practices to promote efl learners’ online discussion in China’s blended learning context
Liu, Xiaoxing1, Farhana Diana Deris2.
The Community of Inquiry model (CoI) is a guiding framework for blended learning and
online learning and it has been implemented in diverse disciplines. However, the research on how EFL
(English as a Foreign Language) teachers can promote students’ engagement in online discussions
through the CoI framework is very limited. This mixed-method study aims to investigate effective
teaching practices that can promote students’ active participation in online discussions based on the CoI
in the blended EFL course. Responses to the survey of CoI and Engagement from 97 undergraduates in
a Chinese university and interview transcripts of a focus group were collected as the data. The data were
quantitatively analyzed by descriptive statistics and simple/multiple linear regression, and qualitatively
by thematic analysis. Results indicated that students’ perceptions of the teaching presence, social
presence, and cognitive presence in the CoI had a statistically significant impact on students’
engagement in online discussions. Students’ perceptions of teaching presence had both direct and
indirect impacts on their engagement; grading in online discussion forums, the teacher’s timely
responses and feedback, and the teacher’s guide in the meaningful discussion were highly-rated
teaching practices in promoting students’ online discussion. The findings shed light on how teachers in
the blended EFL courses should do in the online discussion to promote students’ language use..
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, Malaysia
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