Designing an Effective Learning Environment for Language Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The rapid development in IT in the twenty-first century have along with the COVID-19 pandemic have had effects on the field of education, with the need to use technology for educational purposes arising. Mobile phones, which hold a more important place than computers, also became a part of education. In today's world, it is possible to access educational content without any limitation of time and space. Individuals who desire to learn a new language but cannot do so due to financial difficulties or free time have moved toward mobile learning methods. “YIT101” is a mobile application designed to teach Turkish as a foreign language independent from time and location and targets basic Turkish A1 level course content. This application enables users to access information when needed and to learn Turkish as a foreign language outside the classroom environment independent from a formal instructor, allowing them to save time.

Teaching Practice in a Shifting to Post-Covid 19 Era: A Study from Indonesian Higher Institution

“…Teachers who had limited or no prior experience with videoconferencing were strongly encouraged to make use of this technology by way of the proper technological infrastructure and the supporting institutional culture (Nikou, 2021). Furthermore, several studies have been also conducted to support the implementation of online learning in the post-COVID era, with some improvements including the enhancement of supporting facilities such as hardware and software, an internet network, and the development of Learning Management Systems (LMS), virtual classes, and other supporting applications to create a pleasant online learning environment (Betoncu et al, 2021;Huang et al, 2021;Ibrahim & Hidayat-Ur-Rehman, 2021;Korkmaz & Toraman, 2020) Teachers' Acceptance of Technology in COVID-19 Pandemic Technology acceptance is the term which refers to the readiness of an individual to adopt the use of technology to assist the execution of tasks based on the support that it is supposed to give (Teo, 2011). It describes the causal linkages that exist between perceived utility, perceived ease of use, attitude toward computer usage, and behavioral intention to utilize technology (Teo & Zhou, 2017).…”