Professional isolation, a familiar issue in world language education, has been exacerbated by the COVID‐19 pandemic. This article addresses this issue by providing world language educators with practical guidance related to establishing high‐functioning professional networks online. Empirical findings related to computer‐mediated communication (CMC) in language learning and teacher training contexts support the articulation of four critical considerations for successful online professional communities: that participants (a) possess requisite technical knowledge to navigate the platforms being utilized; (b) develop requisite reflective and evaluative competencies; (c) exhibit ongoing, sustained engagement; and (d) engage collaboratively with other participants. In concert, successful treatment of these considerations not only provides practitioners with a temporary solution to engage in physically distant collaboration, but also may help establish a more robust, sustainable professional development infrastructure for world language teachers in the future.

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为世界语言教育者建立专业的在线社区

COVID-19 大流行加剧了职业隔离，这是世界语言教育中的一个常见问题。本文通过为世界语言教育者提供与在线建立高效专业网络相关的实用指导来解决这个问题。与语言学习和教师培训环境中的计算机中介传播 (CMC) 相关的实证发现支持阐明成功的在线专业社区的四个关键考虑因素：参与者 (a) 拥有必要的技术知识来导航所使用的平台；(b) 培养必要的反思和评估能力；(c) 表现出持续的、持续的参与；(d) 与其他参与者合作。在演唱会，