Non-English Majored Students’ Preferences of Online Learning during the Covid 19 Pandemic

Abstract

The Covid 19 outbreak has had a significant impact on all aspects of life, including the economy, society, and security. This transformation cannot be avoided, especially in education. It made it difficult for employees and students to go to work and school. Many schools attempted to discover strategies to enable continuity of teaching and learning in such a case to secure the safety of students and instructors during the lockdown period. During the Covid 19 outbreak, practically every school in Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh University of Food Industry changed their learning and teaching methods from the traditional face-to-face manner that learners were used to to a new knowledge approach - online learning or E-learning. From this perspective, technology can be viewed as the primary and most effective means of assisting teachers and learners. However, not all students will feel comfortable with this learning technique because it is new to them, and not all students will have good facilities and good wifi, to begin with. In such as situation, this study was conducted to determine how satisfied non-English-majored Hufi students are with online learning. Participants were HUFI students taking part in online courses during the Covid 19, and a link to an online google form questionnaire was sent to them. Results indicated that there were more disadvantages than advantages to online classes. The survey data can support filling a funding gap in designing a quality online lesson that will improve students' performance and happiness.