Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Teaching and Learning Business English Based on a Survey Conducted among SBA Students

Abstract

The article presents results of a survey conducted using the method of the Semantic Differential among students of Business English at School of Business Administration in Karviná, Silesian University in Opava, related to respondents´ attitudes to advantages and disadvantages of online learning during the first part of the Coronavirus pandemic.  Students´ answers have shown the lack of unanimous responses, which indicates the fact that they were not able to evaluate the situation in a distinct way placing their answers mainly in the middle of the offered spectrum. The authors of the article especially appreciate the data collected in the two last questions as they can contribute to optimization of online learning and teaching in the future.