THE ATTITUDE OF STUDENTS FROM THE NATIONAL SPORTS ACADEMY “V. LEVSKI” TO SPECIALIZED ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING ONLINE

Abstract

Foreign language learning at the National Sports Academy “V. Levski”, Sofia is specialized in the fields of sport, physical education and rehabilitation. The present study was organized with first and second year students from the three faculties of the Academy. The aim of the study was to find out about students’ problems and preferences with reference to the specialized English language courses conducted online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The methods include an enquiry and statistical analysis. The acquired results show that students are satisfied with the course of study and part of them would like to have online language learning in the future. The conclusions drawn are that online education could be used as an additional element of the specialized foreign language courses at the Academy.

Keywords

• language learning
• online education