University-level EFL students' views on learning English online: a qualitative study

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dc.contributor.authorOkyar, Hatice
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T13:56:08Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T13:56:08Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentNEÜen_US
dc.description.abstractThe main aim of this article is to determine Turkish EFL (English as a foreign language) students' perceptions about learning English through distance education (henceforth DE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. To realize this aim, the study adopted a qualitative research design and used the metaphor elicitation technique, semi-structured telephone interviews, and an online focus group interview to collect data. The results of the analysis show that most of the students prefer face-to-face English education in a classroom setting rather than online education. Despite some positive comments about DE like it being more comfortable for shy students, students' attitudes toward DE were found to be mostly negative because of the challenges they faced like technical problems, health and focus issues, a lack of interaction and speaking practice in the target language, feelings of anxiety and isolation and low motivation, and DE not addressing all learning styles effectively. Using several qualitative data collection tools, this study provides valuable insights into the thoughts and experiences of students about online English language learning, which can be taken into account to enhance future online language teaching and learning efforts. This study also offers some suggestions to make online EFL education more productive and effective.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10639-022-11155-9
dc.identifier.endpage107en_US
dc.identifier.issn1360-2357
dc.identifier.issn1573-7608
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.pmid35756361en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85132189769en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage81en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-11155-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/11080
dc.identifier.volume28en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000813703000002en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofEducation And Information Technologiesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectDistance Educationen_US
dc.subjectOnline Language Learningen_US
dc.subjectEslen_US
dc.subjectEfl Students' Perspectivesen_US
dc.subjectCovid-19en_US
dc.subjectMetaphorsen_US
dc.titleUniversity-level EFL students' views on learning English online: a qualitative studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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