Investigating the Effectiveness of Online English Learning: Explaining Learners' Perspectives

Online learning is one of the educational channels that learners and educational centers have recently turned to. However, there are still concerns about its effectiveness. The aim of the study was to explain learners' perspectives on the effectiveness of online learning. The present study was a qualitative study using content analysis method that was conducted in ۱۴۰۲. The participants were ۳۸ female (n=۲۲) and male (n=۱۶) language learners from Tehran Language School who had experience in online learning and were selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected and analyzed through interviews. The overall analysis of the interviews indicates that ۶۳% of learners (n=۲۴) rated the method as weak, ۲۰% (n=۸) rated the method as average, and ۱۷% (n=۶) rated the method as good. ۲۹ percent (n=۱۱) believed that the method was effective in improving their knowledge, and ۲۳ percent (n=۹) considered the method effective in improving speaking skills. ۱۵ percent (n=۶) are willing to participate in online learning again and ۸۳ percent (n=۳۱) believed that the most important problem of online learning is the lack of necessary infrastructure and ۸۳.۶ percent (n=۳۲) of the participants believe that the best learning method to improve English language skills is face-to-face learning. The findings indicate that online learning is not a suitable method for improving English language knowledge and skills compared to face-to-face education and if it is necessary to learn English online, it is necessary to provide infrastructure.

کلیدواژه ها:

online learning ، learners ، English language ، Qualitative study