The Impact of Distance Education on Teaching Reading and Writing Skills: A Study among First Semester Students at the Faculty of Languages at Benghazi University
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37376/jofoa.vi53.6517الكلمات المفتاحية:
distance education، online teaching، face to face instructionالملخص
During the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty members and students had to leave their
classrooms and move into online education contexts. This study has attempted to explore
the effect of distance education on reading and writing skills among first semester
students at English department, faculty of languages at Benghazi University. To do so,
firstly, the starting point was comparing students' performance on two tests one after face
to face teaching and the other after online teaching. Then a semi structured interviews
were conducted with 20 students who were chosen randomly to understand the reasons
behind their performance. Using Thematic Analysis (TA), students’ responses were
transcribed, codified, and interpreted. The findings of TA revealed that along with several
disadvantages and challenges that students experienced in distance education with regard
to learning English reading and writing skills, distance learning provided some
opportunities and benefits for their learning. The study also provided some solutions
regarding online challenges.
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