RT journal article
T1 Language center students’ perceptions of online english language learning as proficiency
T2 Percepciones de los estudiantes del centro de idiomas sobre el aprendizaje de inglés virtual como competencia
A1 Maroto Criollo, Erika
A1 Tipán Tipán, Diana
A1 Arias Arroyo, Paulina
A1 Mena Vargas, Patricia
K1 English
K1 Perception
K1 Online learning
K1 Skill
K1 Inglés
K1 Percepción
K1 Aprendizaje en línea
K1 Habilidad
AB English is one of the most widely used languages worldwide, which is why there is aneed to introduce this language in the educational field, especially in higher education, sincenowadays it has become a basic need for professionals. This study was focused on analyzingstudents' perceptions of online English learning at the Language Center of the TechnicalUniversity of Cotopaxi. A qualitative approach and a case study method was used. As a datacollection technique, an unstructured interview was applied to ten students from different careersand English levels. The results revealed that the majority of students choose English as aproficiency because it is one of the most in-demand languages for getting a job. Moreover, somestudents take English courses only to fulfill a mandatory requirement before graduation.Additionally, inside online English learning there are certain complications with respect to thedevelopment of speaking skills. Furthermore, low student participation is due to lack of interestor fear of making mistakes. Therefore, it is necessary to implement different techniques andmethods to carry out the online teaching-learning process of English as a proficiency in aneffective way and thus be able to achieve all the expectations that students have.
PB Editorial UCA
SN 2172-7910
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/26645
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/26645
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026