Some Aspects of Online Teaching of Technical English

The "new reality" imposed by the COVID-19 pandemics in 2020 affected the human society in innumerous ways. One of the issues that has gone through radical changes is surely the higher education system, with the teaching process migrating from classrooms into the virtual reality of online courses and classrooms. The topic of the paper is the teaching of Technical English in online environment, in terms of the course and process planning, organization, design, implementation, and gained experiences and results. The courses created for the subjects English Language 1, 2, 3, and 4 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of East Sarajevo, as well as the entire online ESP teaching process based on these courses, will be used as a basis for the paper. Within that, the role of tools used for the course creation and implementation, both specific (Moodle, Jitsi Meet) and general (email, social networks, Word, PowerPoint, YouTube, Google Drive, and VSDC Free Screen Recorder) will be presented as well. At the end of the paper, conclusions will be made on the basis of the practical experiences and results achieved during and after the implementation of the courses.