The current paper scrutinizes the students’ voice on the educational COVID-19 based changes that occurred at the Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, University of Žilina, Slovakia. The respondents’ study program is Teaching English Language and Literature. The significance of the study lies in the urgent need of today’s educators to detect students’ views on new modes of studying applicable these days to find beneficial solutions for the provision of high-quality education services. The focal point has been placed on the students’ voice, i.e., on the students’ comparative approach towards current online and traditional classroom mode of studying/learning. The research has been supported by a questionnaire with 11 EFL-related statements to test the hypotheses of this study. Hence, the objectives of the research have been to compare the quality of education performed through the online and offline classroom frameworks, evaluate the effectiveness of the students’ language skills development, and track students’ level of satisfaction with the running online model of studying – all this viewed and uttered by students themselves. The current research employs “mixed methods” that imply the integration of quantitative and qualitative data within a single inquiry. Overall, 61.6% of the surveyed students expressed their satisfaction with the blended learning system and their readiness to apply it in further teaching practice. This research is not exhaustive and might broaden into a comparative study of the students’ language-related feedback of the online/offline education among other European and non-European English language departments, building a substantial basis for policy decisions.

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COVID-19 全球大流行期间斯洛伐克大学外语教育的可持续性

目前的论文仔细研究了学生对斯洛伐克 Žilina 大学人文学院英语语言和文学系发生的基于 COVID-19 的教育变化的看法。受访者的学习课程是英语语言文学教学。这项研究的意义在于，当今的教育工作者迫切需要了解学生对当今适用的新学习模式的看法，从而为提供高质量的教育服务找到有益的解决方案。重点放在学生的声音上，即学生对当前在线和传统课堂学习/学习模式的比较方法。该研究得到了一份包含 11 条 EFL 相关陈述的问卷的支持，以检验本研究的假设。因此，该研究的目的是比较通过在线和离线课堂框架进行的教育质量，评估学生语言技能发展的有效性，并跟踪学生对在线学习模式的满意度——所有这些由学生自己查看和说出。目前的研究采用“混合方法”，这意味着在一次调查中整合定量和定性数据。总体而言，61.6%的被调查学生对混合式学习系统表示满意，并准备将其应用于进一步的教学实践。