USING E-LEARNING TO ENHANCE EFL STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE
Authors:
Abdelaziz Mohammed
Abstract:
Even with a lockdown of all educational institutions, students are not left out from enhancing their learning needs. The Senate of Albaha University immediately ordered the shift to e-learning using Rafid (an e-learning program installed by the Deanship of E-learning and Information Technology). Therefore, this study was aimed at investigating the use of e-learning to enhance EFL Saudi students’ performance. It was performed using a historical and descriptive-analytical approach to study the difficulties faced by students and teachers as well as evaluate how this program can help improve students’ performance and the approach that can be used to suitably tackle the same. Two questionnaires were each distributed to 39 (27 males and 12 females) students and 18 teachers who work in the English department. The most important conclusion from this study is that it is easy to launch a program using a mixed in-class (traditional learning) method alongside an e-learning program that involves video conferences and virtual classes along with other related activities. It is recommended that the teachers’ role and students’ motivation to succeed are prioritized. However, similar studies that involve a greater sample size and varied departments are necessary for the future as this study was limited to the English department.