Distance Learning during Covid-19 Pandemic: Chances and Challenges for the Heritage Language Classroom in the German Context

The Data concern the article "<strong>Distance Learning during Covid-19 Pandemic: Chances and Challenges for the Heritage Language Classroom in the German Context</strong>". Published on Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachenforschung (ZFF) » Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung (DGFF) , 2022/2 <br> The research was conducted by means of a web-based survey directed at a group of 161 Heritage Language teachers based in Cologne and Arnsberg, two districts in Nord-Rhine Westphalia (NRW), a German state that is particularly avant-garde in terms of HL pedagogy. The data were collected in Juli and October 2020. The survey focused on the utilisation of media and the types of activities and methods used prior and during distance learning as well as on learning outcomes of the students and investigates whether these (technological) adaptations were able to substitute and possibly enhance the traditional in-person HL lesson.<br>