atasobed Atatürk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 1304-4990 2717-6568 Ataturk University COVID-19 Küresel Salgını Döneminde Senkron ve Asenkron Dil Öğrenimine Yönelik Yabancı Dil Öğrencilerinin Algıları ve Tercihleri Foreign Language Learners’ Perceptions and Preferences of Synchronous and Asynchronous Online Language Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5589-3852 Özdal Rakiye OSMANIYE KORKUT ATA UNIVERSITY https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4781-3183 Yükselir Ceyhun Osmaniye Korkut Ata University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2923-6565 Akarsu Oktay ATATURK UNIVERSITY 05 24 2021 25 2 699 715 03 22 2021 05 14 2021 Copyright © 2003, Journal of Graduate School of Social Sciences 2003 Journal of Graduate School of Social Sciences

Bu çalışma, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı (İDE) öğrencilerinin algılarını, tercihlerini, senkron ve asenkron öğrenme modlarının güçlü ve zayıf yönlerini ve ayrıca yüz yüze dil öğrenimi ve çevrimiçi öğrenme arasındaki karşılaştırmayı araştırmaktadır. Çalışmanın katılımcıları Türkiye’deki iki devlet üniversitesinden 56 İDE öğrencisidir. Karma yöntem araştırmasını benimseyen çalışmada, Perveen (2016) tarafından geliştirilen araç ve ayrıca çevrimiçi öğrenme algılarının daha derinlemesine kavranabilmesi için yarı yapılandırılmış bir anket kullanılmıştır. Bulgular, katılımcıların çevrimiçi öğrenme modlarını bildiklerini ve yüz yüze öğrenmeye daha çok benzediği iddia edilen senkron çevrimiçi öğrenme modunu tercih ettiklerini göstermektedir. Ancak, bulgulara dayalı olarak, çevrimiçi dil öğrenmenin yüz yüze öğrenme kadar etkili olmadığı da söylenebilir. Çevrimiçi öğrenme yoluyla İngilizce öğretimine yönelik çıkarımlara değinilmiştir.

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