Abstract:
I have witnessed the massive impact of COVID-19 on human lives. As a professor, I have used many pieces of software, like Google Meet, Zoom, etc., to teach my students during lockdown. Recently, the university authorities where I work have asked me to use a new application to continue teaching online. So, the paper explores students’ experience of using Microsoft Teams. The present study is aimed at exploring students’ views on learning English online through Microsoft Teams software during the sudden outbreak of Omicron, a new variant of COVID-19 in the month of January 2022 in Gujarat. The study was carried out at Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Changa, with 50 B. Tech. first semester students of 7 batches such as CS, IT, ME, EC, CE, EE and CL. The present research is a case study in nature. All 50 participants were learning English as a foreign language. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews via Microsoft Teams. Through content analysis, the collected data was analyzed. The findings of the study revealed the reality of e-learning, the accessibility of Microsoft Teams, and lastly, the experience of learning English online as a foreign language. With all these concerns, the researcher tried to shed some light on learning a foreign language with a particular software. |
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