Sustaining Language Skills Development of Pre-Service EFL Teachers despite the COVID-19 Interruption: A Case of Emergency Distance Education
Sustaining Language Skills Development of Pre-Service EFL Teachers despite the COVID-19 Interruption: A Case of Emergency Distance Education
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DOI：
10.3390/su12198188
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发表时间：
2020-10-01
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Tuncer, Hulya
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作者：
Karatas, Tuce Ozturk;Tuncer, Hulya
COVID-19疫情导致教师和学生放弃物理教室，进入紧急远程教育（EDE）环境。因此，在这一过渡时期，保持教育质量已成为一项挑战。在此背景下，本研究的目的是探讨的影响，EDE的语言技能发展（阅读，写，听，说）的土耳其职前英语教师作为外语（EFL）。本研究以118名职前英语教师为研究对象，探讨了英语教学对英语教师语言技能发展的利弊。主题分析被用作研究设计，并出现了九个主题的优点和缺点。这两个类别最重要的主题是在线课程的内容和实施。这项研究指出了这一主题的隆起，因为如果它得到足够的重视和有效的处理，它在发展语言技能方面起着巨大的作用。通过主位分析生成的主位和次主位详细地显示了EDE对每项技能的优势和劣势，也证明了EDE对写作技能最有利，对口语技能最不利。与会者指出，由于几乎所有的家庭作业、作业和项目都经常用到写作技能，因此这种技能得到的培养最多。然而，在网络课程中，口语技能被忽视，写作取代口语成为新的交流方式。本研究的结果鼓励对可能的第二波EDE做好准备。因此，本研究希望为预测问题和制定EDE背景下的解决方案铺平道路，以保持高等教育的可持续性。
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused teachers and students to abandon their physical classrooms and move into emergency distance education (EDE) settings. Thus, sustaining the quality in education has become a challenge during this transitional period. Within this context, the aim of this study was to explore the impact of EDE on language skills development (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) of Turkish pre-service teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL). In this qualitative study, data were gathered from 118 pre-service EFL teachers about the advantages and disadvantages of EDE for their language skills development. Thematic analysis was used as a research design, and nine themes emerged for both advantages and disadvantages. The most important theme for both categories is content and implementation of online courses. This study pinpointed the eminence of this theme, for if it is emphasized enough and handled efficiently, it plays a huge role in developing language skills. The themes and sub-themes generated through thematic analysis showed the advantages and disadvantages of EDE for each skill in detail and also proved that EDE was most advantageous for writing skill and least advantageous for speaking skill. The participants stated that, since writing skill was constantly used for almost all homework, assignments and projects, that skill was nurtured the most. Nevertheless, speaking skill was ignored during online courses, and writing became the new mode of communication by replacing speaking. The outcome of the present study encourages preparedness for EDE against a possible second wave. Thus, the study is hoped to pave the way for anticipating issues and developing solutions for EDE contexts to preserve sustainability in higher education.