Reports
An Approach to Realizing Interactive Teaching in a Large Class Size
“Overview of Interpreting” Lecture Class for Undergraduates Using Online Teaching
2020 Volume 20 Pages 103-123
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2020 Volume 20 Pages 103-123
This study aims to report on attempts to use interactivity in large classes. Due to the impact of COVID-19, all of the classes at the university where the author teaches were offered online throughout Spring 2020. One of the classes, “Overview of Interpreting” was a lecture-style class with more than 100 undergraduate students. Challenges included managing a large size class, making it interactive, and adjusting to online teaching. There are many pedagogical reports on interpreting classes in a traditional classroom setting, but there is not much information on large, online, lecture-style interpreting classes. Thus, this research shares the challenges faced and the measures taken when managing large, online classes in comparison to conventional classroom teaching. Additionally, students’ perceptions of online teaching are described based on the results of an end-of-term questionnaire.
