Decisive Factors In Promoting Interaction During Pandemic

With the rapid emergence of Covid19 came the profound need for shifting education from the traditional face-to-face classrooms to online classes conducted from the convenience of our homes. Being a process which is rather new to most teachers and students, it includes tentative difficulties that may or may not appear throughout online education. As such, it can negatively impact the overall learning process. This thesis aims at analyzing some of the factors that can influence the effectiveness of interaction activities in the online English classroom in the course of a global pandemic. The study involves analysis of age and gender being treated as factors that can impact the success of such activities online. The highlighted works of other scholars are followed by results derived from classroom observations, student questionnaire, and book analysis in order to recognize whether age and gender can be biographical factors that have an impact on the effectiveness of interaction activities, and comprehend whether students feel more confident in the role of partakers in interaction online or in the traditional classroom.