Iranian EFL Learners’ Online Learning Satisfaction amid Covid-19 Pandemic: Examining Different Proficiency Levels

Subject Areas : Journal of Studies in Learning and Teaching English

Fatemeh Yazdani Majd ¹ , Leila Akbarpour ²

1 - Department of Foreign Languages, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
2 - Department of Foreign Languages, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran

Received: 2023-05-05 Accepted : 2023-06-10 Published : 2023-10-01

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