Chhom, C. (2023). A Small-Scale Study on Students’ Attitudes towards Online English Learning in the Context of COVID-19 in Cambodia. Cambodian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(1), 45-65
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Abstract
This study was conducted on 255 Cambodian university students to find out the students’ attitudes towards online English learning in the context of COVID-19 in Cambodia. The study employed quantitative research methodology with survey method using a 25 Likert-scale survey questionnaire. The questionnaire focused on five constructs of online English learning: effectiveness, autonomy, open-mindedness, interaction, and anxiety. This study had three objectives: (i) to study the students’ attitudes towards online English learning, (ii) to compare the students’ attitudes towards online English learning in relation to gender, location and type of university, and (iii) to study the relationship between the students’ attitudes towards online English learning with respect to the five constructs. The results showed that the students’ attitudes towards effectiveness, autonomy, open-mindedness, interaction of online English learning were high while their attitudes in term of anxiety of online English learning were at medium level. Moreover, the relationship between the students’ attitudes with respect to the five constructs ranged from weak to moderate. Furthermore, the students’ attitudes with regards to some constructs of online English learning were found to have significantly different in relation to gender, university location and types of universities.