In September 2020, PEARLL set out to understand the needs and challenges that world language teachers operating in a newly virtual or hybrid environment face on a daily basis. We asked world language educators to complete a survey documenting their experiences during the 2020 pandemic, the lessons they learned from their teaching experiences in the spring of 2020, and the support that they still needed in preparation for continued remote teaching. Some of our results are reported below.

But the teaching landscape is continuing to change. Will institutions leverage lessons learned during that period to integrate technology, hybrid learning, or more flexible teaching approaches? In 2022–2023, we are conducting a new survey to form an up-to-date picture of how educators have adapted to pandemic and post-pandemic teaching and to allow PEARLL to develop the most relevant offerings.

Are you a language educator who has been teaching in 2020, 2021, or 2022? We want to hear from you! Provide your email address here to be the first to know when we launch this study. Providing an email address is not a commitment to participate in the study.