en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">In this phenomenological study, the researchers probed the learners&rsquo; perspectives and lived experiences of effective online English language classes at BA level, majoring in TEFL, through purposive sampling. Also, the differences between online classes and in-person ones were investigated from the viewpoint of the learners regarding their motivation. </span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">There have been plenty of problems in online classes during Corona pandemic in all levels of education in Iran, and these problems are being considered and paid attention to just from the perspective of the administers and trainers and the lived experiences and perspectives of the learners have been totally neglected or at least not probed into yet thoroughly. The data collection technique used in this study was in-depth interviewing with seven BA students of TEFL (both males and females) and the data were coded and explicated through Colaizzi&rsquo;s seven step coding strategy.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">The results of the study were categorized into two themes namely a) Teacher characteristics and b) Online classes. The findings of the study showed that students expect their online classes to be more communicative, practical and productive.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></div> Lived experiences, Covid-19, Expectations, Online classes 69 86 http://cals.gonbad.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Hemrah Salimi hemra.salimi@gmail.com 1003194753284600195 1003194753284600195 Yes <b> Hemrah Salimi (Corresponding Author),</b> PhD student of TEFL, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. Email: hemra.salimi@gmail.com <br/> <b> Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo,</b> Full Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. Email: arazmjoo@rose.shirazu.ac.ir <br/> <b> Abdorreza Tahriri,</b> Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. Email: atahriri@gmail.com Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo arazmjoo@rose.shirazu.ac.ir 1003194753284600196 1003194753284600196 No Abdorreza Tahriri atahriri@gmail.com 1003194753284600197 1003194753284600197 No