Students’ Attitudes Towards a Specially Designed Language Learning Platform in a Russian Online Language School

Extreme times call for extreme measures, thus the request for using technology in teaching during the previous couple of years was inevitable. Suddenly, all people, regardless of their age, had to get used to the idea of a computer or mobile phone as a means of connection between a teacher and students. Moreover, learning content was adapted to the new media. This consequently led to the occurrence of a large number of platforms for online studying, interactive concepts the aim of which was to motivate, intrigue students and make them feel comfortable in using them. Not only was it challenging to adapt the teaching to the new situation, but the question of which platforms to use was of paramount importance. There were not enough research data about the effectiveness of their usage, what is more, students became fastidious and required their needs to be catered for. Therefore, this research has tapped into the question of students’ attitudes towards the specific platform as a learning tool used in an online school for learning English in Moscow. The level of appreciation has been found to be rather high. Nevertheless, it has been discovered that the weaknesses which concerned them are mostly connected to the mistakes in materials and they require more choices, more additional materials and tests, which is a food for thought for the school itself. Further research about attitudes towards similar platforms could outline the needs and expectations of students for the future.