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Beyond the Screen: Enhancing Adult Learners’ Engagement in Virtual EFL Classrooms
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2025-08-14) Chavarría Chaves, Karol
The use of virtual classrooms in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) has increased over the years, offering flexibility and access to more opportunities for adult learners to learn. However, it has also come with important challenges, such as technological difficulties, isolation, and attention problems, which affect engagement and, consequently, language learning. Therefore, this essay aims to examine some strategies to enhance engagement in virtual EFL adult classrooms to ensure that learners are involved, actively participate, and develop their language skills in an appropriate online setting. It explores how engagement is understood in a virtual environment, the need for pedagogical shifts in online EFL education, and strategies to enhance engagement, including interactive and collaborative learning, scaffolding techniques, artificial intelligence (AI), gamification, real-world relevance, and fostering a supportive online community. These strategies help to fulfill the specific needs of virtuality and create a more engaging learning experience. This essay also highlights the importance of further research on emerging technologies and individual learner differences to continue improving virtual language education.