Students’ Challenges in Online Learning Engagement

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the involvement of students in the learning process in online platforms to understand more about the advantages and disadvantages of this process as well as its challenges in general and of foreign language students in the master degree programme in particular. The information gathered from 50 respondents through the questionnaire is analyzed through the computer program SPSS 25 in order to obtain a more complete and professional analysis. The questionnaires were filled out by the foreign language students in the master degree programme at Aleksander Moisiu University, Durres - Albania during the period January - March 2022. The findings of the paper prove that online learning experience depends mainly on online learning activities, reading and writing during online courses, tests and evaluations; student engagement in online learning depends mainly on activities that are performed during the process of online learning, in addition to the writing and reading process of the foreign language; the employment status of foreign language students studying in the master programme has influenced the educational process developed on online platforms; and sstudents’ inclusion in the educational process on the online platform has an impact on their academic level.

Received: 24 August 2022 / Accepted: 28 October 2022 / Published: 5 November 2022