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Table 2 TC/RFG/PFG in-class and out-of-class activities/tasks samples

From: Flipping the flipped class: using online collaboration to enhance EFL students’ oral learning skills

In-class

Activities

Teacher role

Mode

RFG/PFG

Signposting listening exercises

Discourse pattern recognition exercises

Extended speech—oral features and sentence structuring exercises

Vocabulary building (content and functional words, collocations) exercises

Synonyms and paraphrasing exercises

Summarization and note-taking skills practice

Pronunciation features exercises and practice

Instruction

Coordinator

Facilitator

Assessment and feedback

Synchronous (Group discussion)a

TC

Course content and skills instruction

Short video watching and review

Textbook exercises and related tasksb

Lecturer

Facilitator

Assessment

Synchronous (Group discussion)

Out-of-class

RFG

Self-watch pre-assigned video lessons

Video quiz completion

Curriculum and video designer

LMS manager

Assessment and feedback

Asynchronous (online)

PFG

Small group video watching sessions

Video quiz completion (group)

Addition self-watch video reviewc

Synchronous (Group discussion)

Asynchronous (online)

TC

Pre/post-assigned course homework

 

Asynchronous

  1. aAll RFG/PFG in-class activities were group exercises discussion and practice
  2. bClass exercises and related tasks corresponded to the text’s unit lessons and were short versions of RFG/PFG activities
  3. cSome students would watch pre-assigned video lessons before and after scheduled group video watching sessions