A Perspective Study Into How the COVID-19 Pandemics Impacted the Use of Computer Assisted Language Learning in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzogovina

Abstract

The term Computer-Assisted Language Learning refers to a style of education that facilitates teaching and learning through the use of a computers and computer-based resources, including the internet, to present, reinforce, and assess the relevant topics. With the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemics, many individuals were forced to become more familiar with, and tolerant of, the necessary transition into entirely digital education. In order to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemics influenced the long-term occurrence of this education style, this study aims to collect data on the public usage of computer-assisted language learning in Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A survey tailored to the research questions was carried out with the purpose of collecting sufficient and relevant data on the subject. It was predicted that the findings would reveal a rise in the usage of computer-assisted language learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemics. Additionally, it was anticipated that this study will demonstrate how the COVID-19 epidemic, with its severe and widespread effects, contributed to the rise in demand for new applications for computer-assisted language learning.

Keywords: English language, Computer-Assisted Language Learning, CALL, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, public education, COVID-19, pandemics, teaching, learning