Abstract

Blended cooperative learning applications, which offer education with the opportunities offered by information technologies, have the potential to increase the interaction between learners and support learners to learn information more permanently and to develop positive attitudes towards the lesson. Along with the developing technology, technological tools have been included in education. The effect of the blended learning method, which is a technological innovation, is very important in language teaching. The aim of this study; To determine the opinions of English teachers about blended teaching. Within the scope of this general purpose, the positive aspects and negative aspects of the technological tools, the advantages and disadvantages of the blended learning methods, the effect of this method on the students are determined by the English teachers working in the secondary school. A qualitative research method was used to reach the results of this research. The opinions of 15 English teachers who use the blended learning method and technological tools in their classes were taken. In the selection of the sample, the teachers' use of technology was taken as a basis. The opinions of 15 English teachers who used technological equipment in their classes and participated in the research voluntarily were consulted. The findings were thematised and explained with the content analysis method. It has been concluded that the teachers participating in the research have positive contributions to the learning of technological tools. It is among the results of the study that blended learning has important advantages such as providing instant feedback and continuous feedback to students, taking into account individual differences, increasing the interaction and communication outside the classroom, and increasing the interest in the lesson.
 Keywords: English, language, blended learning, technology, educational environment, information technology

Highlights

  • Towards the end of the 19th century, the question "How do we learn?" was asked

  • Teachers' opinions were sought to determine whether blended learning is effective in teaching English

  • The general results obtained from the research are that the blended learning method is a suitable method for language teaching

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Introduction

Towards the end of the 19th century, the question "How do we learn?" was asked. This question has given us new approaches and new thoughts. Learning and teaching is the most important concept. Students today learn in different ways than in the past. The most important criterion for them is that they find the applied learning method meaningful and worth spending time, and their use of technology. What can be taught must be taught and cannot be learned otherwise. It can be learned things must be learned and cannot be taught.” opinions emerge (Drucker, 1996; Bakar, 2020; Prensky, 2010)

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