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ABSTRACT By virtue of advancements in online technology, distance learning has been long discussed. There is an increasing emphasis upon online education, which should affect the training teachers get (Bennett, & Lockyert, 2006), and the awareness learners have about their responsibilities and roles while learning course content online (Mupinga, Nora, & Yaw, 2006). Although near future education has been pictured with more online involvement by many, nobody was expecting such a sudden shift like the lockdown in 2020, throughout which nearly all stakeholders of education on a global scale were forced to adapt all that we know about teaching and learning to online mediums due to the indescribable Covid-19 pandemic. Within almost a week, most educational institutions worldwide had to switch to online education. It was a painful process not only for the administrators and teachers but also for the students. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the attitudes and feelings of English preparatory class students in Gaziantep University towards the shift to online education. The analysis of the results from the journals and interviews revealed that students preferred traditional learning to online learning. The findings are hoped to shed light on the future of online learning.

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