The Effects of Online Learning on EFL Students’ Academic Achievement during Coronavirus Disease Pandemic

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic changed education conditions worldwide forcing all the parties involved to adapt to a new system. This study aimed to collect information related to the effects of teaching English online on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ achievement....

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Autores principales: Cynthia Hidalgo-Camacho*, Gloria Isabel Escudero, Wilma Villacís, Karolin Varela
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0f92d2b5f3e84de48672250246048a092021-11-11T08:19:08ZThe Effects of Online Learning on EFL Students’ Academic Achievement during Coronavirus Disease Pandemic2165-871410.12973/eu-jer.10.4.1867https://doaj.org/article/0f92d2b5f3e84de48672250246048a092021-10-01T00:00:00Z https://eu-jer.com/EU-JER_10_4_1867.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/2165-8714Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic changed education conditions worldwide forcing all the parties involved to adapt to a new system. This study aimed to collect information related to the effects of teaching English online on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ achievement. Data were collected from EFL teachers and students enrolled in three different Ecuadorian Universities (Technical University of Ambato, Higher Polytechnic School of Chimborazo, and University of Cuenca) from five different levels: A1, A2, B1, B1+, and B2. This preliminary paper reports the results of 480 students regarding four major sections: pedagogical practice and assessment, learning outcomes, affective factors and perceptions of students about the advantages and disadvantages of online learning during the pandemic COVID-19; considering the Hierarchy of online learning needs of Justin Shewell. An online survey questionnaire with 17 questions and a 5-point Likert scale was applied. The Cronbach's Alpha test presented 0.84 and 0.73 level of reliability. The Kolmogorov Smirnov’s statistic and, the Kendall's Tau_b tests, and the Levene's test for homogeneity of variances were performed with the SPSS statistical program. The results made evident that online learning affects academic achievement in EFL students during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was confirmed after analyzing four main areas: pedagogical practices and assessment, learning outcomes, affective factors and students’ perceptions about the advantages and disadvantages of online learning. The importance of online learning was highlighted since it has been understood as a tool to face the emergency produced by the COVID-19 pandemic.Cynthia Hidalgo-Camacho*Gloria Isabel EscuderoWilma VillacísKarolin VarelaRU Publicationsarticleonline learning pedagogical practices assessment learning outcomes affective factors academic achievement.EducationLENEuropean Journal of Educational Research , Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 1867-1879 (2021)
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topic online learning
pedagogical practices
assessment
learning outcomes
affective factors
academic achievement.
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pedagogical practices
assessment
learning outcomes
affective factors
academic achievement.
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Cynthia Hidalgo-Camacho*
Gloria Isabel Escudero
Wilma Villacís
Karolin Varela
The Effects of Online Learning on EFL Students’ Academic Achievement during Coronavirus Disease Pandemic
description Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic changed education conditions worldwide forcing all the parties involved to adapt to a new system. This study aimed to collect information related to the effects of teaching English online on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ achievement. Data were collected from EFL teachers and students enrolled in three different Ecuadorian Universities (Technical University of Ambato, Higher Polytechnic School of Chimborazo, and University of Cuenca) from five different levels: A1, A2, B1, B1+, and B2. This preliminary paper reports the results of 480 students regarding four major sections: pedagogical practice and assessment, learning outcomes, affective factors and perceptions of students about the advantages and disadvantages of online learning during the pandemic COVID-19; considering the Hierarchy of online learning needs of Justin Shewell. An online survey questionnaire with 17 questions and a 5-point Likert scale was applied. The Cronbach's Alpha test presented 0.84 and 0.73 level of reliability. The Kolmogorov Smirnov’s statistic and, the Kendall's Tau_b tests, and the Levene's test for homogeneity of variances were performed with the SPSS statistical program. The results made evident that online learning affects academic achievement in EFL students during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was confirmed after analyzing four main areas: pedagogical practices and assessment, learning outcomes, affective factors and students’ perceptions about the advantages and disadvantages of online learning. The importance of online learning was highlighted since it has been understood as a tool to face the emergency produced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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author Cynthia Hidalgo-Camacho*
Gloria Isabel Escudero
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title The Effects of Online Learning on EFL Students’ Academic Achievement during Coronavirus Disease Pandemic
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