The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on EFL Classes through the Lenses of Secondary Learners     
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Türkiye
Kwestan Hussein Ahmed
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Shanlax International Journal of Education
Dergi ISSN 2320-2653
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler Journals Indexed in Eric
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 09-2021
Cilt No 9
Sayı 4
Sayfalar 389 / 406
DOI Numarası 10.34293/education.v9i4.4210
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/education.v9i4.4210
Özet
With Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19), a major change to the remote education arrangements
has arisen. As it is clear, the pandemic has got side effects, especially in the scope of education and
English as foreign language (EFL) teaching. Students at all levels were encouraged to continue
learning despite the difficulties they had throughout the crisis. This study aims to investigate the
impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the field of EFL, particularly by revealing the viewpoints of
secondary school students on pandemic remote education and its impact on their English language
learning process. Thus, it was designed as qualitative research; interviews were held to probe indepth into their perceptions on EFL teaching throughout pandemic remote education. Interviews
were conducted with thirty secondary school students chosen voluntarily. The participants were
chosen from different schools. The data obtained from the interviews were analysed through
qualitative content analysis by NVivo 8 software program. The results revealed that participants
declared that most of the teachers used course books and gave pencil-paper assignments. It was
also highlighted that teachers emphasised reading and listening skills in their lessons rather than
writing and speaking. Another significant finding of the study is that the participants preferred
face-to-face foreign language teaching to remote teaching. Nevertheless, they admitted that online
language teaching has several advantages comparing to traditional face-to-face education besides
its challenges such as technical, economic, contextual, and individual problems. Lastly, several
noteworthy suggestions were made regarding teachers, policymakers, families, and students
themselves
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