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The Flipped Classroom

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This chapter provides the reader with a few of the ideas and theories behind the flipped classroom. It is aimed to lay the foundation for the chapters that follow, giving the reader the necessary background information to understand how each author designed his/her flipped classroom. The chapter explains why the authors feel this book is necessary, the role it can play in English language learning, and a brief explanation of each chapter.

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Mehring, J. (2018). The Flipped Classroom. In: Mehring, J., Leis, A. (eds) Innovations in Flipping the Language Classroom. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6968-0_1

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