Call for Papers for the Special Issue on COVID-19 Challenges: English Language Teaching and Learning April 2021

Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) welcomes papers for a special issue on COVID-19 challenges: English Language Teaching and Learning April 2021. We have the honor to announce that our guest editors for this special issue are Dr. Ching-Yi Tien, Director of Foreign Language Center, Department of Applied English I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and Dr. Mohammed Alzahrani, Taif University, Saudi Arabia.

The deadline for manuscript submission is March 6., 2021.  The issue publication date is April 2021. For more information, visit the Arab World English Journal on www.awej.org. Before sending your paper, please read the submission and Manuscript Guidelines for Arab World English Journal (AWEJ)

The papers can address, but are not limited to, the following areas:

Impact of COVID-19 on academic public education

Use and effectiveness of digital tools.

Face to face leaning Vs. Virtual  and learning

Parent’s involvement in online learning.

Virtual assessment and testing

Students’ perceptions of online learning

COVID-19 pandemic and future learning strategies

learners’ ability and virtual learning

Teachers’ perspectives toward virtual learning

University challenges to transit to online learning.

Delivering effective  virtual teaching in higher education

Online Classroom Experience during Covid-19

Distant Learning: A new experience during the COVID-19

A New academic culture of teaching and learning during Covid 19 pandemic

COVID19’s challenges inspired many educators and researchers around the globe to address these continues challenges.  AWEJ devoted its efforts to look at these challenges in this uncertain pandemic and its impact on learning. Here some researches that we have published:

• Moodle or Social Networks: What Alternative Refuge is Appropriate to Algerian EFL Students to Learn during Covid-19 Pandemic

By: Dr. Nadia GHOUNANE

• The Impact of Virtual Classes on Second Language Interaction in the Saudi EFL Context: A Case Study of Saudi Undergraduate Students

By: Dr, Nesreen Saud Alahmadi & Budoor Muslim Alraddadi

• Using Distance EdTech for Remote Foreign Language Teaching During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Ukraine

By:  Babelyuk Oksana Andriivna ,Dr.  Koliasa Olena Vasylivna , Dr. Kushlyk Oksana       Pavlivna & Smaglii Valeriia Mykhaylivna

• Saudi University Students’ Perceptions towards Virtual Education During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Language Learning via Blackboard

By: Dr. Haifa Al-Nofaie

• An ESL Online Classroom Experience in Oman during Covid-19

By: Dr. Syerina Syahrin & Abdelrahman Abdalla Salih

• Digital Narrative as A Method of Emergency Distance Learning

By: Dr.  Oksana O. Rezvan , Dr. Olena L. Ilienko , Dr. Olga I. Zelinska , Dr. Alla M.   Krokhmal & Dr. Alona M. Prykhodko

• Challenges of e-Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic Experienced by EFL Learners

By: Mohammad Mahyoob