Effectiveness of flipped classroom with online teaching during the COVID-19 epidemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced teaching pedagogies worldwide. Most universities in Japan have adopted online teaching and learning as a substitute for a face-to-face class. A large number of language teachers, who utilize traditional classroom instruction, have been forced to change their teaching style to fit online classes. Regarding online instructions, they are also not provided with effective teaching strategies and skills. The purpose of this study is to examine what differences can be found in the output in writing by Japanese college learns of English in online flipped and face-to-face flipped classroom settings. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the online flipped class, data was collected from two different sources: a final exam and a questionnaire. The findings of the analyses of the obtained data suggest that the online flipped class approach facilitates dialogic learning through peer instruction and conversation between the students