Özet:

Covid-19 has affected all areas of life, including education, with global epidemic. In this context, schools have been closed to prevent the virus from spreading faster and transition to the remote education system. In emergency solutions in the first phase of application problems are inevitable. During the distance learning period, some problems related to the application in the teaching of foreign languages have also been identified. The responsibility of teachers in this process is quite high. From this point on, the current research has aimed at presenting the practices of distance learning of English teachers in the pandemic process, their problems in the process, and solutions for their future practices. The research designed as a qualified research is carried out using group-focused discussion technique. The researchers were six English teachers who worked at the high school level in Elazığ during the pandemic period. The findings of the research show that a number of problems arising from students, teachers, technology and guardians in foreign language teaching during the pandemic process. Some of the participants’ recommendations that will improve and guide future practices are as follows: Teachers should be supported by training based on distance learning and the use of technology; communication and interaction-based foreign language teaching methods should be adapted to distance learning and increased lesson hours; students should be guided in the way they use technology to learn; students should be motivated; students should be supported by individual learning abilities; teachers and students should be supported by technology that need to be aware of the process and social equality.

Anahtar Kelimeler: