Investigating Achievements of Post-covid Generations: A Case Study at Tishk International University
Recep Bilgin
English Language Teaching Department, Faculty of Education, Tishk International University, Erbil
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Published: February 22, 2023
Abstract
During the outbreak of Covid-19 crisis, online education was used as an alternative to continue education. However, online education had negative effects beyond what was expected. During the process, the boredom of the students, staying away from face-to-face communication and having to sit in front of the computer for long hours greatly reduced the efficiency of the education. It is possible to see the negative effects of this, especially in the low level of English of the students in the later periods. In universities with English-medium instruction such as Tishk International University, the low English proficiency level of this generation students has also affected their other courses. Students who studied the preparatory class online during the Covid 19 period are currently attending the second and third grades. The English level of these generations and their success in other courses will be investigated in this study. For this purpose, the grades of these students after they transitioned from online education during Covid 19 to in-class education will be compared with other classes and the opinions of the instructors on this issue will be consulted. For this, a questionnaire will be applied to the instructors and their opinions will be obtained through the interview method. Thus, attention will be drawn to the educational problems of post-covid-19 generations. This study hypothesizes that online education affected the students’ achievements adversely.
Keywords: Post-Covid 19 Education, In-class Education, Students’ Achievement
DOI: 10.23918/vesal2023v29