This study aims to compare learners' perceptions of online non-face-to-face versus face-to-face classes and examine how learners perceive cooperative learning used to improve communication skills. To this end, a survey was conducted on students who had taken level-differentiated college English classes in the first-semester non-face-to-face and the second-semester face-to-face in 2022. We found the following results. First, learners expressed a slightly lower level of satisfaction with face-to-face classes than with non-face-to-face classes. Second, high-level students in both non-face-to-face and face-to-face classes reported significantly higher satisfaction levels with the professors’ teaching ability and communication and interaction with students. Finally, in both non-face-to-face and face-to-face classes, it was found that students recognized cooperative learning through communication with the professors and interaction between learners as meaningful. In the post-COVID-19 era, a blended teaching method that combines the advantages of face-to-face and non-face-to-face education with cooperative learning will be a good way to improve learners’ communication skills and motivate them to learn. (Catholic Kwandong University)