Gota Hayashi
Tokyo Keizai University
About
Dr. Gota Hayashi is an Associate Professor at Tokyo Keizai University and a faculty member at William Howard Taft University. He has a master's degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Teachers College Columbia University, and a doctorate from William Howard Taft University in educational leadership and management. He teaches EFL-related courses at Tokyo Keizai University in Japan, and is part of a dissertation committee in the leadership and management program at William Howard Taft University (online with most of the students enrolled teaching at the K-12 level in the US). His research interests include topics related to education and TESOL.Sessions
College and University Teaching reading for Japanese EFL undergraduate students via Zoom more
Fri, Aug 5, 11:00-11:20 Asia/Tokyo
This presentation is on how one teacher taught a reading course online using Zoom during COVID-19 for nine second- and third- year EFL undergraduate students in Japan in three phases: (1) getting to know the students, (2) staying attuned to the students’ wants and needs, and (3) getting students to become autonomous learners. Challenges as a result of COVID-19 and a move from classroom teaching to online teaching included difficulties in having students borrow and purchase books and having students conduct extensive reading throughout the course. Implications for teachers teaching reading online and face-to-face in EFL contexts not limited to Japan are also provided.