Rethinking Teaching Foreign Languages and Culture at Israeli Universities: From Pandemics to Emergencies situation
Dr. Cristina M. Bettin, Mrs. Debi Chaimovitch

Abstract
This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of teaching and learning a foreign language in times of social crisis and emergencies situations, such as a pandemic, (like Covid-19) and its academic outcomes, showing the necessity, to re-think the way of teaching, in adapting the university education system to the challenges in this area nowadays. For this purpose, we provided a conceptual model and new information regarding sustainable foreign language learning using technological means. The study was based on the reports of 140 students at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, who replied to e-mailed questionnaires. We utilized a mixed research approach, gathering qualitative and quantitative statistical data using a questionnaire developed by the authors, including an open-ended questionnaire that completed students' data and information also about their emotions and the difficulties they faced.

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