Investigating the EFL Courses Shift into Moodle during the Pandemic of COVID-19: The Case of MA Language and Communication at Mostaganem University

Autor/inn/en	Sarnou, Hanane; Sarnou, Dallel
Titel	Investigating the EFL Courses Shift into Moodle during the Pandemic of COVID-19: The Case of MA Language and Communication at Mostaganem University
Quelle	In: Arab World English Journal, (2021), S.354-363 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sarnou, Hanane) ORCID (Sarnou, Dallel)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2229-9327
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Educational Change; Online Courses; Pandemics; COVID-19; Graduate Students; Foreign Countries; College Faculty; Teaching Methods; Student Attitudes; Social Media; Algeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Bildungsreform; Online course; Online-Kurs; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Ausland; Fakultät; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerverhalten; Soziale Medien; Algerien
Abstract	The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 has affected all countries worldwide in all sectors, mainly in the education sector. Schools and universities were closed. Teaching and learning were transformed from face to face environments to online platforms. In light of the latter, a pivotal query in this study was to investigate the shift of English as a foreign language (EFL) learning and teaching into Moodle online learning platform and how the delivery of online EFL courses was (un-)beneficial for students to end up the academic year. This research paper sets out to deconstruct recent calls for integrating several E-learning platforms or apps into the Algerian university. To carry out this study, we used an interview with six Algerian university teachers as a first research tool to cover all issues that arose regarding the use of MOODLE e-learning platform imposed by the Ministry of Higher Education. Another target in this paper is to uncover the main difficulties our colleagues have faced during the confinement. The second research tool we used in this survey was an online class observation followed by six questions on Moodle, the Google Meet app, and a closed Facebook group. We chose 24 MA Language and communication students from the English language department of Mostaganem University to reveal the obstacles they faced throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that both teachers and students are ready to access various online platforms or apps as alternatives such as Zoom, Google Meet and Facebook closed groups to continue teaching and learning English. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01