A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STUDENTS’ SPEECH CULTURE IN ONLINE AND OFFLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

Abstract

This study presents a comparative analysis of students’ speech culture in online and offline learning environments. The research explores how technological mediation, physical presence, and social context influence linguistic behavior, communicative ethics, and interactional competence. Based on theoretical frameworks in sociolinguistics and pedagogy, the study employs qualitative methods such as classroom observation, discourse analysis, and interviews among students of the Andijan State Institute of Foreign Languages. The results reveal that online communication fosters flexibility and digital literacy but often weakens emotional expression and politeness norms, while offline settings strengthen interpersonal skills and speech etiquette. The findings suggest that a hybrid educational model, integrating both formats, can effectively balance the development of linguistic accuracy, empathy, and communicative responsibility among students.