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II NGHIÊN CỨU ỨNG DỤNG FACTORS INFLUENCE ON ONLINE LEARNING ENGLISH DURING COVID 19 FOR THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS AT HAI PHONG UNIVERSITY Nguyễn Phương Lan * ABSTRACT The CO VID 19 pandemic has dramatically changed all walks of life and education is not an exception The Vietnamese education system has had to conduct online teaching for all levels Online learning English has its positive and negative aspects In the survey offirst-year students of Hai Phong university, who are learning general English, the advantages and disadvantages of learning English online have been analyzed to find out the factors that influence to online teaching and learning English Keywords: Online learning English, advantages, disadvantages, factors, Hai phong University Received:28/02/2022; Accepted:l/3/2022; Published: 04 /03/2022 1, Introduction As we know, in western countries, especially in the countries with developed education, online education has been viewed as a choice that has the potential of serving a particular group of students that are notably older Hai Phong has been slow to take up online teaching, but COVID-19 is an opportunity to review and strengthen online training capacity In university enrollment period 2021, Hai Phong University has achieved a new “record” with nearly 4,500 new students, 2.5 times more than the previous year and far exceeding as the plan It is very important and also has many challenges for teachers and students of Hai Phong University Like other universities in Viet Nam, Hai Phong University has “dual goal”, both implementing measures to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic and implementing appropriate and effective training activities according to the plan of the Ministry of Education and Training Most of the teaching and learning time of the first term of the school year for students is online, basically the University still ensures the * Ths Trường Đại học Hải Phòng progress and quality Material and methods Research contents 2.1 Online learning English in Viet Nam and Hai Phong University Online learning is becoming increasingly popular with more and more students having access to web-based courses at universities in the world Online English learning has been encouraged in Viet Nam but has not got much enthusiasm from students until the outbreak of COVID-19 HP University has conducted admission and implemented online teaching for students in the st semester of the school year In the second semester, after being vaccinated against COVID-19, there will be a plan to teach directly There have been several researches on the effective ways of online learning generally, especially online learning English During COVID-19 in Viet Nam in 2020, it is clarified the difficulties that learners have encountered when learning online A group of researchers from some universities and colleges in Viet Nam constructed a dataset named “Dataset of Vietnamese student’s learning habit during COVID-19”, in which a survey was conducted 84 TẠP CHÍ THIẾT BỊ GIÁO DỤC - số 260 kỳ - / 2022 NGHIÊN CỨU ỨNG DỤNG between February and February 28, 2020, the first three weeks of nationwide school closures due to COVID-19 Initially, online questionnaires were delivered to parents and teachers who were active in various educational forums on Facebook It provides useful information for enhancing educational leaders’ and policymakers’ awareness of the effects of sudden changes in educational context and forms Besides, another group of researchers had “dataset of Vietnamese teachers’ perspectives and perceived support during the COVID-19 pandemic” The data was collected from 6th to 11th April 2020, the ninth week of national school suspension in Vietnam, due to the COVID-19 pandemic Firstly, teachers regard the operation of teaching activities during the COVID-19 pandemic Secondly, teachers have received support from their schools, the government, teachers’ union and parents’ associations And teachers’ evaluation of school readiness toward digital transformation Both datasets have helped to make a clearer picture on the influence if COVID 19 on Vietnamese education systems and especially in universities and colleges 2.2 Research problems The aim ofthis article is to give the advantages and disadvantages of emergency online English learning Then to identify the factors influence of the first year students of Hai Phong university on learning English during the COVID-19 pandemic What are the advantages of online learning English? What are the disadvantages of online learning English? What are the factors influencing the first year students on online learning English at Hai Phong university? Methodology The participants of the study were first year students who had the online Geneal English learning in the first term of this school year They focus on English language practice, both in II traditional face-to-face lessons and online study At the beginning of their first academic year, every student was provided with an account to access the online lessons This study was implemented using information from groups One is 50 essays of the first year students at a general English class (Philology Pedagogy of literature, 22nd course) Before writing, the students were explained the aim and the usage of the information that they would write And another group are students and lecturers of English voluntarily took part in the survey, interviews and in the focus group discussions respectively They were also requested to write monthly reports to course about online learning situation of language skills lessons During the spread of COVID 19, the students involved in the study experienced months full time online learning as an alternative for direct learning This learning process were implemented with Google Meet application Luckily, most the first year students have already had online lessons when they were at 12th form at school at the beginning of the COVID 19 out break in Viet Nam And all teachers of English in Hai Phong University had no technical difficulties in dealing with the application After receiving the essays form the first year students and result of the survey, discussions, they were analyzed with the theory of Strauss and Corbin, 2008 (Strauss and Corbin data analysis, 2008) Then codes for positive and negative side of online teaching English and the advantages and disadvantages of learning English online for the first year students of Hai Phong University 2.4.Results First of all, students find that online learning is the most effective alternative to face-to-face learning during the outbreak of the epidemic In discussing the advantage of learning online, the positive sides were coded as convenience, saving, learning quality In term of convenience, students can study anywhere, anytime They TẠP CHÍ THIẾT BỊ GIÁO DỤC - sõ 260 kỳ - / 2022 85 NGHIÊN cứu ỨNG DỤNG can save time and costs Learning quality was reflected through lesson content, review of the lesson, more understanding of the lessons, more personal skills Online instruction had led to significantly better result on examinations, in solving complicated problems and perceived learning outcomes In positive sides of online learning English, the students admitted that learning English online help them save costs of travelling and time of travelling, they can learn any time and anywhere with a computer or a smart phone and internet connection In surveys and in the essays, more than half of them agreed that with the help of high technology, lecturers provided more vivid lessons with videos, sound, music and images that makes the lessons better and easier to understand 12 out of 50 students thought that online learning English was more effective because they could practice more in listening skill and 10 students could achieve more knowledge from extensive related to reading documents on the internet Only students said in online learning the interaction between lecturers and students increased It is positive that increasing personal skills is one of advantages of online learning English The skills are the ability to self synthesize the knowledge, being more active in taking part in the lessons and interaction, being more focus and being more self-disciplined Besides the great advantages mentioned above, online learning also has some limitations compared to face-to-face learning at school Such as: the students are required to have a computer with the intemtet connection It is not possible for every student to have their own computer or laptop, especially the poor ones And sometimes the pictures and sound may not be stable due to the network connection or the quality of the electronic equipment There exists some risk of fire and explosion due to improper use of electronic devices, while learning while plugging in the charger It is more important that the students must be really serious in practicing language skills such as: listening, speaking reading and writing Otherwise, learning in general and learning English in particular will not be effective According to the result in the survey of 12 leturers who teach general English for the first year students, it has been shown that there is no opportunity for students to interact directly with friends and teachers This can affect the student’s experience Online learning environment does not promote creativity and initiative of students Moreover, learning assessment is limited In traditional classrooms, teachers can provide assessment, direct feedback to students This has a positive impact because the exchange and interaction process is easier and richer, and at the same time improves the learning motivation for students Online learning makes many students feel uncomfortable because they have to interact with teachers and friends through screens Currently, online assessment and examination is still a dilemma that cannot be completely resolved Many educational institutions spend a great deal of time researching and finding the right direction Some other lectures said that online teaching and learning English create a feeling of isolation Currently applied online learning programs tend to make students keep quiet, distance and lack of interaction with teachers and friends As a result, many students, even teachers, began to show signs of social isolation Experts say this stems from a lack of person-to-person communication Social isolation and lack of communication can cause many mental health problems such as high stress, anxiety disorders, negative thinking One of the biggest disadvantages of online learning is that it is difficult to prevent and detect fraud Compared to the face-to-face test, students taking the online exam can cheat in many different ways and look up documents right on computers and phones Even if the school does not have a suitable identity verification system, students can ask a third party to take the test for them, leading to the evaluation of results that cannot be transparent and fair After the datas have been analyzed from students 86 TẠP CHÍ THIỂt BỊ GIÁO DỤC - so 260 kỳ - / 2022 NGHIÊN CỨU ỨNG DỤNG esays and survey results of the students and the lectures, we have found that the factors affecting students’ online English learning of the first-year student at Hai Phong University On that basis, the article would like to mention some activities that can make learning English online during the COVID pandemic more effective First, Hai Phong People Committee and Hai phong University should have better preparation and scenario for online learning English because COVID 19 is unpredictable Online learning in general and online English learning in particular should be invested much more and we are always ready for every emergency Second, it is necessary to have English clubs where students, teachers and native speakers can interact and help each other to improve their English With the useful activities at the club, students will become more confident and proactive in communication.Third, lecturers should be improved the information technology so that they can use it to better the lessons They need to use specialized software or integrate the online teaching function into the website to improve the experience for both teachers and students.Last, students should be equipped essential skills which is useful for online learning English such as time management skills, language skills Conclusion This article concluded that the COVID 19 outbreak has challenged the whole education system in general and universities in particular The students and lecturers in Hai Phong University have adapted to unexpected situations without much preparation By identifying the advatages and disadvantages of online teaching and learning English, the factors influencing in the activites have been studied so that the first year students who have just started familiar with the form of learning at universty proactively overcome the difficulties and take the advantages of online learning to make their online English learning better References II Hussein, E Daoud, s Alrabaiah,& H., Owais.A (2020) Stiudents’ perception of online assessment during the co VID 19 pandemic: the case of undergraduate students in the UAE ACIT Muilenburg,L.Y., & Berge, Z.L.(2005) Student barriers to online learning: A factor analytic study Distance Education, 26( 1), 29-48 https://doi.org/10.1080/01587910500081269 Nguyen,H., & Pham,T (2020) Is COVID 19 an opportunity to strengthen online teaching? 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