Remote Chinese Language Teaching at the University of Queensland During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reflection from Australia

ABSTRACT

This chapter firstly provides a brief overview of the overall structure of the Chinese program and the Chinese language teaching at the University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia. Then it reports the findings of a one-on-one interviews with 35 students enrolled to a Chinese second year spoken course delivered in remote/online mode. The chapter ends with reflections on the points that were considered important in managing virtual classroom in online teaching. The conclusion is that it is possible to maintain high levels of student satisfaction by ensuring an interactive and engaging teaching style in a fully online delivery mode. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.