Coronavirus pandemi sürecinde işlenen İngilizce derslerine yönelik ortaokul öğrencilerinin tutumları

The purpose of this study is to examine 7th and 8th grade students' attitudes towards English classesconducted on EBA-ZOOM and TRT-EBA TV during emergency remote teaching process during the COVID-19 epidemic. This study, which has a quantitative research design, aims to gain insight into secondary students' attitudes towards English classes based on the data obtained from a survey. The assessment tool was an attitude questionnaire focusing on attitudes towards learning English in remote education process. The study also aimed to analyze if the participants' attitudes changed according to individual differences such as gender. The reliability of the questionnaire was assessed using Cronbach's Alpha Model, a model of internal consistency based on the average inter-item correlation. The quantitative findings of the data were analyzed using SPSS 25. The questionnaire, which was used to determine the attitudes of the participants studying in Samsun-Atakum and Sinop-Durağan districts, towards English lessons during the emergency remote learning process, was given to 204 students. The data were collected voluntarily from students on Google form. The findings revealed that most of the participants had positive attitudes towards learning English in a distance learning environment. Although small differences were observed in gender, class and province variables, no significant differences were found between them. The analysis between the question groups were evaluated, and it was revealed that participants found the English lessons conducted on EBA TV the least useful,while they gave the most positive answers to the general technical knowledge and distance learning skills question group. Most of the participants stated that English learning materials are sufficient on EBA and they preferred to do homework through EBA. Positive attitude of the participants towards English lessons in distance education is an indication of how eager learners are to adapt to distance education process.