International Journal of Current Approaches in Language, Education and Social Sciences

Yazarlar: Gökhan CANTÜRK, Aslıhan CANTÜRK

Konular:Eğitim, Eğitim Araştırmaları

DOI:10.35452/caless.2021.1

Anahtar Kelimeler:Distance education,Teaching English with online tools,Corona virus epidemic,Metaphor analysis

Özet: Coronavirus global epidemic as it is effective in all areas, it has also caused the closure of schools and the usage of distance education at all levels of education area. With the study carried out in this framework, it was aimed to determine the distance education experience of English language teachers during the Covid-19 global epidemic period through metaphors. The study qualifies for phenomenological study from qualitative research patterns. Fifty-three English teachers from primary, secondary, Anatolian high schools, vocational high schools and public education centers participated in the study by filling out an online form. According to the findings of the study, the problem of interaction was the most expressed subject in the metaphors which teachers made about their lectures with distance education applications. Teachers’ defining distance learning environments as a necessity during the epidemic was another important subject of the study. While some teachers (30.10%) found classroom management easy but the others (24.53%) found it difficult in distance education. The teachers stated that distance education brought access and discipline problems for students. According to the results of the study, it is seen that English language teachers used zoom software and EBA live course application of the Ministry of Education more in distance education.

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