An Analysis of Online Foreign Language Syllabi

ABSTRACT

This qualitative study explored the design and delivery of the online foreign language (FL) syllabus in a teacher education institution in the Philippines during the emergency distance education (EDE) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The FL syllabi used by the FL instructors in the university were collected by the researchers and analyzed through a modified online syllabus rubric based on the Online SUNY Course Quality Review Rubric (OSCQR) and Quality Online Learning and Teaching (QOLT) Rubric to examine the different teaching and learning facets in their syllabus design. Afterward, twelve students enrolled in the different FL courses and three FL instructors of the university were interviewed to gather data for the implementation of the online FL syllabi. With the thematic method of analysis, data gathered from both the document analysis and the interview conducted were examined. The results showed that FL instructors considered the different learning and teaching features in designing their syllabi during EDE. It also exhibits that FL syllabi design and delivery remained parallel even if there were some modifications and improvisations along with the implementation of the documents to adapt to the current learning environment.