Blended Learning in Post-Pandemic Language Education: Practical Tips for Teachers

During the past spring, the schools reopened after about two years of online education. In the new normal post-Covid19 period, both teachers and students are expected to join face-to-face classes and leave the fully virtual classes behind. The students do not anticipate to experience the same traditional education they had received before the outbreak of Covid19. On the one hand, the students complain about how painful it is to abruptly get detached from their smartphones. On the other hand, the teachers find it awkward to teach without digital tools and technologymediated resources. In this changing educational context, teachers need to adapt their pedagogical orientations to the current learning landscape in which they need to selectively and systematically integrate technology into their conventional classroombased instruction. The present article comprehensively introduces the concept of blended learning as an environment which still has application in the post-pandemic era and offers practical tips for effective language education via blended classrooms.