Investigating Competencies and Attitudes towards Online Education in Language Learning/Teaching after COVID-19

Abstract

With the COVID-19 pandemic that has affected the whole world, the digitalization process has accelerated and the importance of stakeholders having online learning competencies in the learning-teaching process has increased. At the same time, the functioning of education and training globally has been affected by this process and courses in language and literature departments have had to be moved to digital platforms during the COVID-19 process. In this study, the competencies and attitudes of academics, teachers and students in the field of language towards online education after COVID-19 are examined with a comparative approach. In this context, with a cross-sectional approach, the study was conducted on lecturers, teachers and students working in the field of language in different cities of Kazakhstan. In the study, online education competencies and attitudes were analyzed with t-test according to gender variable and F-test according to status factor. According to the findings of the study, it was found that the participants' attitudes towards online education after COVID-19 were positive, while their competencies were at a medium level. Language field participants' attitudes towards online education did not differ according to gender and status factors. However, significant differences were found in terms of online education competence according to the gender and status of the participants.