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Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Special Issue on CALL Number 7. July 2021 Pp.165-177
English Department, College of Sciences and Humanities, Hotat Bani Tamim, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz
University, Al-Kharj, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
English Department, College of Sciences and Humanities, Hotat Bani Tamim, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz
University, Al-Kharj, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
English Department, College of Sciences and Humanities, Hotat Bani Tamim, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz
University, Al-Kharj, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
English Department, College of Sciences and Humanities, Hotat Bani Tamim, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz
University, Al-Kharj, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
English Department, College of Sciences and Humanities, Hotat Bani Tamim, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz
University, Al-Kharj, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The study explores students’ perspectives towards virtual classes and the impact of such classes on EFL learners’ communication skills. Such study is valuable due to the lack of research works that investigate EFL students’ attitudes towards the effectiveness of such classes. Also, the findings can substantially improve the Saudi virtual education. Regarding the questions of the study, it answers two main questions: What are EFL learners’ attitudes towards virtual classes? What is the impact of virtual classes on EFL learners’ communication skills from students’ perspectives? To achieve the objectives of this study, a questionnaire was administered to 50 EFL students of levels seven and eight in English Department at the College of Sciences and Humanities at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University. The findings indicated that students had positive attitudes toward virtual classrooms. Such classes could enhance their communication, and improve their technical and self-learning skills. Based on these results, some recommendations were suggested that could be taken into consideration in future studies. First, further studies should be done to investigate the impact of virtual classes on other science classes such as Chemistry and Medicine in the COVID- 19 period. Second, such study should be conducted with a different sample of students (male). Finally, the same research can be applied to faculty members to explore their attitudes toward virtual education and its effect on communication skills.
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Luluh Abdullah Alkathiri got Master degree in Applied Linguistics (English Language) from Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia. I’m a lecturer of Applied Linguistics at the English Department of the College of Sciences and Humanities, Hotat Bani Tamim, Prince Sattam Bin AbdulAziz University, Al-Kharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Research interests focus on applied linguistics