Unveiling obstacles in virtual English education: echoes from Vietnamese learners

After the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning in Vietnam has been paid more attention to. Consequently, this current qualitative study was conducted to investigate problems in English online classes in the Vietnamese context. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from six EFL students...

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Main Authors: Le Thanh Thao, Le Xuan Mai, Pham Trut Thuy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Islam Negeri K.H. Abdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan 2023-11-01
Series:Erudita
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Online Access:https://e-journal.uingusdur.ac.id/erudita/article/view/1173
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Summary:After the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning in Vietnam has been paid more attention to. Consequently, this current qualitative study was conducted to investigate problems in English online classes in the Vietnamese context. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from six EFL students learning in a tertiary institution in the Southwest of Vietnam. The current study found some challenges the students often faced when learning online, categorized by three groups, namely teacher-related challenges, student-related challenges, and teacher-and-student living condition-related challenges. Regarding teacher-related challenges, teachers’ lack of abilities to use ICT tools and their attitudes towards teaching online negatively affected the EFL students’ online learning. Regarding student-related challenges, students’ resistance to the transmission from face-to-face learning to online learning and their low motivation played the role of barriers to their performance in online learning. For the final dimension, teacher-and-student condition-related challenges, insufficient teaching and learning devices, low internet connection, or noise did not allow the students to maximize their learning progress.
ISSN:2809-2023
2809-2465