STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES AND PREFERENCES TO ONLINE TEACHING DURING THE PANDEMIC COVID -19 PERIOD (A STUDY CONDUCTED AT SEEU)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine students’ attitudes and
preferences to online teaching in an ESL classroom during the Covid-19 pandemic
period. Effective communication plays a vital role in students’ productivity and
the teacher’s role is to motivate students to participate in an online environment.
Quantitative research was conducted among first year university students from
SEEU: Albanians, Macedonians and Turks, age 18-21, enrolled in intermediate and
upper-intermediate English course. The results revealed that most of the university
students were satisfied with the online teaching and were motivated to communicate
online during the online lectures.