The Covid-19 Pandemic and Linguistics and (Language) Education

Abstract

In this presentation, I will consider the effects of pandemic and post-pandemic (language) education from the perspective of Japanese language education and linguistics. First, I will provide an overview of the covid-19 pandemic situation in Japan and report that many international students who wish to study in Japan have not been able to enter the country. Under these circumstances, Okayama University has been conducting online events as part of its international exchange efforts. In particular, the university's OJEIC and the Faculty of Letters have taken the lead in organizing several events for exchange with Southeast Asian countries. I will report on this and show that the students' satisfaction was very high. Next, I will discuss the changes that occurred in the students in the online classes. First, we will look at the situation of first-year and second-year students, and then we will discuss the situation and changes of international students. In the final section, I will present the characteristics of the analysis of online conversations and talk about what we should be aware of in online communication, which will continue in the future.