Abstract—This paper is based on a researcher’s exploration
into a teachers’ implementation of teaching students English
writing online in a higher vocational college in China during
Covid-19, which aims to find the role of teacher to facilitate the
efficient online teaching. It adopts a qualitative research design
with the samples including one teacher, 34 students and a
sample class. The research instrumentals include the
researcher’s online classroom observation in the sample class
and the semi-structured interview of the teacher and all the
students after the sample class. All the data are collected for
content analysis and triangulation. A theoretical framework of
Community of Inquiry (CoI) is applied in the content analysis
of the data within the context. A conclusion is drawn by the
result and discussion that a leader and helper role of teacher
who provides scaffolding in class and consultation after class
with the modern educational ideal and information technology
helps to promote the effective online teaching.
Index Terms—Community of Inquiry (CoI), information
technology, online teaching, role of teacher
Kai Wang is with Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia.
E-mail: wangkai@ncedus.cn
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Cite:Kai Wang, "A Case Study of Online Teaching in a Higher Vocational College in China during Covid-19," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 135-139, 2023.