HyFlex LINC literacy: Challenges and successes
Literacy instruction in the context of Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada has traditionally been conducted exclusively in physical classrooms, with paper and pencil, worksheets, binders, notebooks, and perhaps the weekly Computer-Assisted Language Learning lesson in an on-site computer lab. The thought of teaching English to students who may have little to no schooling, reading, or writing skills in even their first language in an online setting seemed a remarkably daunting task, and still does to many in the field. “Wait, what, how?” is a common refrain when the topic of virtual Literacy instruction comes up at industry events. As noted in Evaluation of the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Program (IRCC, 2011), for the most part, Continue Reading →