چكيده به لاتين
The objectives of this study were to investigate pre-service EFL teachers' quality to teach online language courses, their awareness of seven frames of knowledge and skills for online teaching, the roles of online teachers, the competencies teachers require for online teaching, and their perceptions and challenges of online teaching. The participants of the study were 100 MA students who were studying TEFL at Iran University of Science and Technology. The instruments of this study were six questionnaires on online teacher quality, Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), roles, competencies, perceptions, and challenges followed by nine open-ended questions. The results of the study revealed that for pre-service EFL teachers, content knowledge and pedagogical knowledge were of most importance. They also considered the pedagogical role and its competencies crucial for effective online teaching. The results also indicated that despite having positive attitudes towards online teaching, pre-service EFL teachers were dissatisfied with the lack of professional development courses and training for effective online teaching. Moreover, with regard to challenges of online teaching, Internet connections and lack of training for teaching online courses were found to be the most frequent challenges. Finally, the results showed that online teaching competencies were the largest contributor to online teaching quality.