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ブレンドから遠隔への最適化―67―JournalofChubuUniversityEducationNo.20（2020）OptimalRemoteLearningThroughBlending:ACaseStudyofaFreshmanEnglishCommunicationClassOGURISeiko＊1,ALLENDavidP.＊2andSUGIYAMAYuta＊3＊1Professor,LanguageProgram,GlobalEducationCenter,ChubuUniversity＊2SeniorAssistantProfessor,LanguageProgram,GlobalEducationCenter,ChubuUniversity＊3Part-TimeLecturer,EnglishLanguageProgram,ChubuUniversityAbstractSinceitsbeginningin2014,theEnglishCommunicationscoursedevelopedforincomingroboticsengineeringfreshmenhasfocusedontryingtoincreasetheeffectivenessoflimitedtheface-to-facetimeinstructorshavewithstudentsbycreatinganenvironmentwherestudentscanstudyEnglishanytimeandanywhereattheirownindividualpace.Thesolutiontobeinglimitedtoonce-a-weekclasseshasbeenablendedlearningclassroomthatseekstobothmotivatestudentstolearnEnglishwhilealsomaximizingtheeffectivenessofface-to-facelessons.Thecoronaviruspandemicof2020addednewchallengestothismodelasclassesforthespringsemesterhadtobeadaptedfordistancelearninginawaythatstillmotivatedstudentstobecomeautonomousEnglishlearnersandhelpsetafoundationfordevelopingEnglishcommunicationskills.Thisstudyshowshowexperiencesfromconventionalblended-learningclasseswereutilizedtorestructurethecoursefordistancelearningwhilemaintainingtheoriginalgoalsofthecurriculum.KeywordsRemotelearning,EFL（Englishasaforeignlanguage）pedagogy,intake,materialadaptation,rolesofteachers