ONLINE LEARNING IN THE ENGLISH CLASS: A CASE STUDY OF SLOVAK AND ROMANIAN STUDENTS
ONLINE LEARNING IN THE ENGLISH CLASS: A CASE STUDY OF SLOVAK AND ROMANIAN STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC FORCED UNIVERSITIES TO MOVE FULLY OR PARTIALLY ONLINE AND TO USE ONLINE PLATFORMS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING. THIS STUDY EXPLORES STUDENT REFLECTIONS ON ONLINE LEARNING COMPARED TO FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING AT THE ROMANIAN AND SLOVAK UNIVERSITIES. A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED ON 118 STUDENTS. THE STUDY FOUND THAT THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS EXPRESSED THEIR SATISFACTION WITH ONLINE LEARNING. THEY CONSIDERED THEIR ONLINE ENGLISH COURSES WELL-STRUCTURED AND CLEAR. MOREOVER, THEY PERCEIVED THEY COULD LEARN ENGLISH MORE EFFECTIVELY ONLINE BECAUSE THE CLASSES WERE MORE INTERACTIVE AND THE ONLINE PLATFORMS PROVIDED PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO PRACTICE ALL SKILLS: LISTENING, READING, WRITING AND SPEAKING. MOST OF THEM APPRECIATED THEIR ENGLISH ONLINE CLASSES DUE TO THE VARIABILITY OF LEARNING MATERIALS, METHODS AND ACTIVITIES, THE COMFORT, THE NOVELTY AND ATTRACTIVITY, THE SUPPORT OF LEARNER'S INDEPENDENCE AND OF SPEAKING CONFIDENCE. CONCERNING FACE-TOFACE CLASSES, THEY PREDOMINANTLY APPRECIATED THE EFFICIENCY, FEWER DISTRACTIONS, BETTER INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION, FEWER HEALTH ISSUES CAUSED BY THE SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE, MORE SOCIAL CONTACT, LOSS OF TECHNICAL ISSUES, FAMILIARITY AND BETTER MOTIVATION.

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