GERMAN EDUCATION IN THE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROCESS

Abstract

In this study, it is carried out to determine the views of students who actually took German
preparatory courses with distance education during the Covid-19 pandemic regarding their
perspective on the distance education system and german courses conducted with distance
education. For this purpose, it is aimed to compare the grades received in face-to-face education in
2018 and the grades they received during the distance education process in 2019 by students who
are studying at Sakarya University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, German Department of
Interpreting and taking German preparatory courses. Students' success and failure has been linked
to their stay away from school culture. As a result of the research, it was seen that students did not
adopt the distance education system too much and did not have any problems with the ability to use
technology related to the use of the system.While it is seen positively that video recordings related to the maintenance of German teaching by
remote methods can be re-watched, flexible educational opportunities and time savings, issues such
as the inemenities of not always reaching the internet and the lecturer and socially insement have
been identified as negative aspects. As a result, it was proposed that distance education should be
supported by using other platforms, not just course registration systems connected to the university
infrastructure.