Students' and teachers' attitudes toward English E-learning at Viet Nam USA Society English Center (VUS) in Vung Tau Campus : a study in middle schools in Ba Ria Vung Tau : a case student at Chau Thanh Secondary School: Master of TESOL

Abstract

The outbreak of Covid-19 at the end of 2019 led the worldwide Education system changed its traditional teaching and studying methods into e-Learning way. All schools and universities in Viet Nam in general and a minority of English centers in particular immediately applied Emergency Remote Learning to deal with the problem. In that context, the VUS English center in Vung Tau city is not an excepted one where e Learning has been implemented in English language learning for two years. This study aimed to investigate students’ and teachers’ perceptions toward English e-Learning at Viet Nam USA society English center (VUS) in Vung tau campus. The quantitative and qualitative research methods using survey research design was employed in this study. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. There were 11 teachers and 63 students who participated in the survey. Then there were 5 teachers and 10 students were selected purposely for the individual interviews. As for data analysis, descriptive statistics (e.g., mean, standard deviation, and frequencies/ percentages) were used to analyze quantitative data, whereas qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis. Based on the results obtained from the data analysis, there were three findings that were explored in this study. Firstly, the collected data showed that VUS students had positive awareness toward English e Learning in three attitude components, including cognitive, affective and behavioral attitudes. Secondly, teachers at VUS also had positive awareness toward English e Learning in cognitive, affective and behavioral components. Thirdly, the attitudes of students and teachers at VUS toward English e-Learning are matching.