Evaluating Students’ attitude toward electronic education: University of Tehran’s Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures case

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  • Eghtesad, Soodeh Assistant professor, Department of French Language and Literature, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • Mehrabi, Marzieh Assistant professor, Department of French Language and Literature, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:

Following the outbreak of coronavirus in the world, Iranian universities embraced electronic teaching. The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitude of the students in the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature of Tehran University towards this type of education in bachelor and master levels. With this aim and based on Davis' technology acceptance model, a researcher-made questionnaire with 74 questions was prepared, including 3 main indicators"perception of usefulness", "perception of ease of use", "willingness to use in the future" and 6 sub-indices regarding electronic language learning. One hundred sixty six students responded to the electronic questionnaire and Cronbach's alpha for the indicators were the following: the perception of usefulness indicators 0.971, ease of use 0.972  and intention to use in the future 0.94. Findings indicated that the level of the three indicators among bachelor and master levels students in all major groups were lower than the average; that is, from the point of view of students electronic courses were neither very easily accessed nor useful, which suggests a rather negative attitude toward electronic education. Students believed that electronic courses made them more independent in learning, yet despite a relatively easy access to university’s e-learning platform, constructive interaction between professors and students has has not been formed. In addition, differences were perceived in bachelor and master students’ attitudes. From the point of view of master's surdents, it was easier to use the learning system and develop language skills in classes than undergraduate students. Master students found electronic courses relatively more user-friendly and believed that language skills were more easily developed in those courses.    

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volume 28  issue 2

pages  129- 161

publication date 2022-06

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