Practicum Students’ Views on Distance Learning via TV Broadcast for Secondary Schools

Genç B., Darmaz V.

JOURNAL OF NARRATIVE AND LANGUAGE STUDIES, cilt.11, sa.23, ss.336-346, 2023 (Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 23
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.59045/nalans.2023.37
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF NARRATIVE AND LANGUAGE STUDIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.336-346
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

DuetotheoutbreakofCOVID-19inlate2019andearly2020acrosstheworld,manycountriesturnedtodistanceeducationplatforms.BythebeginningofMarch,2020TurkeyalsostartedTVclassesforalmost18millionstudentsofprimaryandsecondaryschools.Thisstudyaimstoexploretheextenttowhichpre-serviceEnglishteachersauditingadistanceEnglishlanguagecourseforsecondaryschoolstudentsconsideredthatthedistancecourseshadachievedthecourseobjectives,andperceivedadvantagesanddisadvantagesindistancecourses.Theparticipantsinthestudywere60pre-serviceteacherswhoattendedapracticumstudyforthefirstfiveweeksofthe2019-2020academicyearspringsemester.Sincetheclassesinprimary,secondary,andtertiaryeducationweretaughtonlinefortherestofthespringsemester,thepracticumstudentswereassignedtowatchEnglishclassestaughtonfreeTVchannelswhichwerealsobroadcastontheinternettoletthestudentswatchagainattheirownpace.Thedatawerecollectedthroughthreeopen-endedinterviewquestions.Thematicanalysiswasusedtoanalyzethetranscribeddata.Theresultsindicatethat,althoughteachersonthecourseagreedthatTVcourseswerenotabletoachievethecourseobjectives,theymentionedadvantageousanddisadvantageousaspectsofdistancelearningviaTVbroadcastandofferedwaystoimproveit