Blended Courses in the English-as-a-Foreign-Language context of Iraq: examining university students’ attitudes and gender effect
- سال انتشار: 1404
- محل انتشار: مجله آموزش و یادگیری زبان انگلیسی، دوره: 17، شماره: 35
- کد COI اختصاصی: JR_ELT-17-35_005
- زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
- تعداد مشاهده: 56
نویسندگان
Associate Professor, English Department, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Assistant Professor, English Department, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
PhD Candidate, English Department, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
چکیده
The increasing advancement of technology in the field of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) has turned blended learning—a combination of online and in-person learning—into an innovative educational approach. Given the significance of investigating students' attitudes toward learning environments in different EFL contexts, this mixed-methods study was set to examine Iraqi university EFL students' attitudes toward blended EFL courses and investigate gender differences in this regard. Thus, ۲۵۰ EFL students were selected from five public Iraqi universities via convenience sampling method and completed the questionnaire of the study. Of these participants, a random sample of ۲۵ students was also selected for interview sessions. The questionnaire results suggested that due to serious technological and instructional drawbacks, such as lack of appropriate infrastructure and insufficient technology knowledge, Iraqi EFL students had generally negative attitudes toward EFL blended courses. Gender also played no significant role in students' attitudes. In interviews, they emphasized the importance of technology training programs to pave the way for effective blended EFL courses, mentioning some important benefits for this hybrid approach. The pedagogical implications of the findings are also discussed.کلیدواژه ها
English as a Foreign Language, blended learning, Attitudes, University Studentsاطلاعات بیشتر در مورد COI
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