Emergence Distance Education (EDE) role in the Learning of English Language Skills during COVID-۱۹ Pandemic

  • سال انتشار: 1400
  • محل انتشار: فصلنامه آموزش مهارتهای زبان، دوره: 40، شماره: 3
  • کد COI اختصاصی: JR_JTLS-40-3_002
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 195
دانلود فایل این مقاله

نویسندگان

Ali Derakhshan

Dept. of English Language and Literature Faculty of Humanities Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran

چکیده

During the COVID-۱۹ pandemic, faculty members and students had to leave their face-to-face (FTF) classes and move into emergency distance education (EDE) contexts. Due to this drastic change in the system of education, investigating the probable effects of EDE on the quality of education seems essential. As such, this study has attempted to probe the effect of EDE on the language skills of Iranian EFL students. To do so, drawing on the maximum variation sampling, the present study embarked on a qualitative descriptive research method, triangulating data through written open-ended questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to collect data from ۱۷۰ EFL students from different universities in Iran. The sample included BA students majoring in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and English Literature, aged above ۱۸. Using Thematic Analysis (TA), students’ responses were transcribed, codified, and interpreted. The findings of TA revealed that along with several disadvantages and challenges that Iranian EFL students experienced in EDE with regard to learning English language skills, EDE provided some opportunities and benefits for their learning. The analysis of students’ responses also indicated that they deemed speaking skill as the most negatively influenced language skill and listening skill as the most positively affected skill. Furthermore, the findings represented that most of the students held teachers and administrators responsible for the problems and challenges they experienced in EDE contexts. The findings of the present study can encourage administrators, teachers, and students to prepare themselves for EDE against the possible subsequent waves.

کلیدواژه ها

COVID-۱۹, higher education, Emergence Distance Education (EDE), English Language Skills, EFL Students, Iran

اطلاعات بیشتر در مورد COI

COI مخفف عبارت CIVILICA Object Identifier به معنی شناسه سیویلیکا برای اسناد است. COI کدی است که مطابق محل انتشار، به مقالات کنفرانسها و ژورنالهای داخل کشور به هنگام نمایه سازی بر روی پایگاه استنادی سیویلیکا اختصاص می یابد.

کد COI به مفهوم کد ملی اسناد نمایه شده در سیویلیکا است و کدی یکتا و ثابت است و به همین دلیل همواره قابلیت استناد و پیگیری دارد.