Moving instruction online can enable the flexibility of teaching and learning anywhere, anytime. However, the speed with which this move has taken place as a response to the spread of COVID-19 in Japan and in the world is unprecedented.

Compared to teaching practices that are planned and designed from the beginning to be online, emergency remote teaching (ERT) is a momentary shift of a traditional instructional delivery to an alternative delivery mode due to crisis circumstances. As we have seen in recent months such a shift involved the use of fully remote teaching practices that would otherwise be delivered face-to-face or as blended courses.

This conference aims to provide a platform to share ongoing research, and exchange ideas as well recent experiences concerning emergency remote teaching and blended learning, especially in relation to foreign language acquisition. Topics include a discussion on modality (fully online vs. blended), student-instructor communication synchrony, pedagogic practice (expository, exploratory or collaborative), instructor and student roles online, the role of online assessments, instructor and peer feedback, students’ social interactions online and other related practices.

If you have expertise or original research to share in any area related to emergency remote teaching, blended learning and language acquisition, the organizers invite you to submit your proposal and contribute your ideas.

All abstracts will undergo a double-blind peer review. Information on the keynote speakers will be made available soon on our website. One keynote will address the current emergency remote teaching situation, while a second keynote will discuss blended learning in detail.