Journals / Uluslararası Özel Amaçlar için İngilizce Dergisi / 2023 / Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1
Beyond Learning Management Systems: Teaching Speaking During the Covid Era and Similar Calamities
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- 16–28
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Abstract
Learning Management Systems (LMS) started in the 1990s. However, they were put under a global test after the spread of Covid-19 in 2020 as educational institutions were forced to resort to LMS. However, LMSs do not meet all the educational needs of the students. One of them is achieving an entire dialogical atmosphere among the students without the instructor’s presence. This article discusses the procedures implemented by the instructors of the English language in the Faculty of Tourism, Sakarya University of Applied Sciences (SUAS) during the pandemic. A five-point Likert scale questionnaire was applied, in which 74 students from the aforementioned faculty participated. The variables were reliable with Cronbach alpha α = 0.841. The main concentration was the speaking skill, which was the primary challenge teachers met as it needed a group environment where students could talk to each other and then find someone to amend the parts where they failed to express themselves in the way their English level should show
Özet
Learning Management Systems (LMS) started in the 1990s. However, they were put under a global test after the spread of Covid-19 in 2020 as educational institutions were forced to resort to LMS. However, LMSs do not meet all the educational needs of the students. One of them is achieving an entire dialogical atmosphere among the students without the instructor’s presence. This article discusses the procedures implemented by the instructors of the English language in the Faculty of Tourism, Sakarya University of Applied Sciences (SUAS) during the pandemic. A five-point Likert scale questionnaire was applied, in which 74 students from the aforementioned faculty participated. The variables were reliable with Cronbach alpha α = 0.841. The main concentration was the speaking skill, which was the primary challenge teachers met as it needed a group environment where students could talk to each other and then find someone to amend the parts where they failed to express themselves in the way their English level should show.