2019
DOI: 10.22158/selt.v7n1p121
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EFL Students’ Views on Distance English Language Learning in a Public University in Turkey

Abstract: <p><em>This study investigated first year Turkish EFL students’ views about learning English through distance education. The participants were on-campus students in a public university in Turkey who took compulsory English language courses through distance education. A total of 62 students from different majors were involved in the study. Data was collected through an 18-item </em><em>online Likert-Scale questionnaire</em><em> and semi-structured interviews. The questionnair… Show more

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“…These results reveal that blended learning offers the potential to tailor the process of language learning to meet students' needs and individual situations. These findings are in agreement with those of previous studies (Al Bataineh et al, 2019;Alowedi, 2020;Alsowayegh et al, 2019;Altunay, 2019;Bukhari & Basaffar, 2019;Hamad, 2017;Ja'ashan, 2020), which asserted that blended learning offers a flexible setting for learning English and is appropriate to the students' learning styles.…”
Section: Research Question 1: What Are the Benefits Of Implementing Bsupporting
confidence: 93%
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“…These results reveal that blended learning offers the potential to tailor the process of language learning to meet students' needs and individual situations. These findings are in agreement with those of previous studies (Al Bataineh et al, 2019;Alowedi, 2020;Alsowayegh et al, 2019;Altunay, 2019;Bukhari & Basaffar, 2019;Hamad, 2017;Ja'ashan, 2020), which asserted that blended learning offers a flexible setting for learning English and is appropriate to the students' learning styles.…”
Section: Research Question 1: What Are the Benefits Of Implementing Bsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…This indicates that the students limited resources negatively affected their access to blended learning and presented a challenge. The finding stating that students limited resources and not owning computers can present a challenge is in agreement with result reported by Altunay (2019), who stated that students who did not have a computer were unable to attend all virtual classes from their houses and attended some virtual classes in the laboratories at campus. The finding that poor internet connection can be a significant barrier is in line with previous research.…”
Section: Research Question 2: What Are the Challenges Of Implementingsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…The implementation of English language teaching is affected by the learning environment. The term of learning environment traditionally refers to classroom, however it has been developed into term of distance learning (Altunay, 2019). Distance learning is teaching and learning process where teacher and students' interactions are facilitated with electronic, mechanical or other device (Moore & Diehl, 2019).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…There have also been previous studies on the opinions of students in two different learning situations, showing their preferences and dislikes [17][18][19][20]. All of them show similar conclusions or focus their attention on the same ideas, talking about the relationship of the student with the teacher and other classmates, manipulative materials, bad connectivity or problems with the internet or lack of technological devices at students' homes.…”
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