Today, there are many types of teaching offered, especially in language teaching. You are also confused about whether to choose face-to-face, online or group training, and “face-to-face education or online education?If you are undecided about ”, this article is for you. Manager of Kayseri Branch of Academix Abroad Education Consultancy, the only international education consultancy company from Turkey to win the Star Awards four times Kemal Benk answers the questions for you.
Although the trainings that can be obtained from the courses, live course platforms and digital applications vary in terms of quality, content, trainer and operation, these three methods have advantages in general. But it seems that digital applications and live course platforms will not replace courses, at least for a while. Some of the reasons for this are as follows;
Face to Face or Online Education: Advantages and Disadvantages
Education aimed at explaining, not understanding:
Digital applications mainly consist of various exercises and repetitions for their users to understand the foreign language. These generally do not help much in solving the problem of inability to speak up that people complain about. In online classes sohbet Learning may be limited if new and different language elements are not added to the shares in the future. More advanced vocabulary and grammar studies to be done together with activities such as tell the reader, listen to tell, watch and tell, tell about a happy memory in the past, can be done in a well-planned process and contribute more to the development of the foreign language.
Multidimensional interaction in the social learning environment:
One of the biggest pluses of the courses is the fellow students in the learning environment. Live lessons and practices, which are generally taught as one-on-one lessons, lack this social dimension. Paired work, group work and presentations in front of the community both increase the efficiency of education and contribute to personality development, especially in children and young people. Students and teachers who only see each other on the screen cannot access the real warmth and interaction of the classroom environment.
Curriculum and approach to education:
Learning objectives in foreign language courses are more concrete and detailed. For example; a professionally planned 80-hour intermediate level IELTS course It is more comprehensive in its treatment of four language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) and three language domains (vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation). Longer training time and a predetermined teaching staff provide feedback and a more holistic approach to training.
Motivation:
Motivation is essential for foreign language learning. In general, students in digital platforms and non-face-to-face education systems may find it difficult to complete their education due to lack of motivation, regardless of their fees. Because the needs in our personal, social, professional or academic life can cause our responsibilities that seem to be less important and have no sanction to be postponed or even completely ignored. The bond between teacher and student in courses is stronger. Especially teachers in private education institutions such as courses use different techniques to keep students' motivation at high levels before, during and after the lesson.
Dikkat:
Technology is now an integral part of every moment of our daily lives. While learning a foreign language in the digital environment, our device or other devices that we do not use at the moment can be an audible or visual stimulus at any time. Notifications that constantly appear on screens, ads from apps and more can easily distract us. This will sometimes make it almost impossible to focus on the lesson and reduce the efficiency of learning.
Professional trainers with Pedagogical Formation:
In some online course platforms, instructors may consist of people who are not graduates of education faculty and do not teach English professionally. The first requirements for trainers who will work within a course are formation, training and experience.
Stricter controls and rules:
Educational institutions in our country are regularly inspected by the ministries and official institutions to which they are affiliated, without making any distinction between private and state. The education and academic functioning of the institution is carried out according to the criteria determined by the state. Instructors are selected according to certain criteria. When students want to receive education from these institutions, the contracts presented to them are very important in terms of protecting mutual rights and determining the rules.
Time difference on live lesson platforms:
For example, if the instructor you will be working with lives in the United States, the first thing you should consider in order for your education to take place will be the time difference between the two countries. This can make it difficult for students to plan their education at times compared to face-to-face education offered in-country.
Summary
To think that applications and live lessons on digital platforms do not have negative effects, but these tools and learning environments are largely used in foreign language education. complement It would be more accurate to think that it is These increase students' motivation while helping them embrace multiculturalism and helping students cope with speaking anxiety. However, it should be taken into account that learning may not take place from start to finish in general, traditionally requires follow-up by an instructor, and students may lose their initial attention and motivation in online education. For this reason, it is possible to say that foreign language courses and face-to-face education still play an important role in foreign language learning.
Kemal Benk, the founder of Benk Academy, a boutique language course operating in Kayseri, compared courses in foreign language learning, digital applications and live lesson platforms for you, within the framework of his own observations. For more Benk Academy Foreign Language Course You can visit the site.
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