Lessons we can learn from Emergency Remote Teaching

There are several problems resulting from the pandemeic and resulting option of implementing Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT). One of these is a preoccupation with digital tools and platforms and how to use them. for pedagogical purposes. This understandable focus on the tools rather than the learning, hwever, has been detrimental, to some extent, to effective learner-centred approaches to Engloish language teaching. This article explores two frameworks that have been adopted at the University of Verona for planning purposes and proposes a principled approach to digital and onsite lesson planning going forward.