Nadianmehr, Roya

Investigating The Relationship between Iranian EFL Learners’ Engagement and L2MSS in Online Classes through COVID-19 Pandemic

Corona virus pandemic has changed all aspects of our lives greatly. The Covid-19 has one of its most significant disruptions in education. It causes the closure of schools in more than 190 countries. This study was conducted to find the relationship between learners’ L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) elements (consisting of Ideal L2 Self, Ought-to L2 Self, and L2 Learning Experience), and Online Student Engagement (OSE) elements, consisting of skills, participation, performance, and emotion in the English online classes. Besides, the relationship of these two variables with different demographic information of learners were measured. SPSS 25 and AMOS 20 were both used for data analysis. The results indicated that in general participants of this study had a high level of motivation and engagement, as measured with L2MSS and OSE questionnaires, in online classes. In addition, it was found that these two variables affected each other in online classes. The study further found several results based on participants’ demographic information. The result of the study may be beneficial for both language learners and language instructors. Moreover, policy makers may define new material for such courses. These materials may need to be adopted, adapted, changed, revised, or developed.