English Learning Experience During Covid-19
Keywords:
Covid-19 Pandemic, English language teaching and learning during COVID-19, emergency remote teaching, emergency remote learning, remote English language learningAbstract
This paper reports a study on the experience of public high school students’ English learning during the Covid-19 pandemic in Manizales. The research aimed to explore the perceptions, feelings, and practices of 2,391 students using a Survey Research method that provided quantitative and qualitative results. Surveys that included closed and open-ended questions were used to obtain the data. Results revealed reduced language exposure time, variations in the skills practice by students, implementation of diverse methodologies, positive perceptions in the application of technology and digital platforms, limited resources, and affective factors concerns. In conclusion, the remote English class was a big challenge for teachers and students; however, it released the opportunity to take advantage of the technology to expand the teaching process within an on-site class and forward-thinking on the active implementation of technology as the foundation of current language teaching practices.
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