التعليمية
Volume 13, Numéro 3, Pages 801-813
2023-12-31

Online Learning As A Refuge To Boost Esp Students’ Motivation During Covid-19 Outbreak: Case Of 3rd Year Biology Students’ At Oran 2 University.

Authors : Chadli Abdelhadi Ahmed . Djaileb Farida .

Abstract

The appearance COVID-19 pandemic in the whole world generally and in Algeria specifically has made all teachers and students to shift from face to face learning and teaching to working and studying from home doing all the activities online. This research aims at exploring the how third-year license biology students’ motivation can be promoted via online learning which was new and unfamiliar to a number of students. To achieve the purpose of this study, a mixed method approach that combines qualitative and quantitative techniques of data collection was adopted. In the quantitative method, a questionnaire was distributed to eighty seven third year Biology students at Oran 2 University. The findings of this study confirmed the hypotheses which claimed that online learning affects the learners’ learning motivation negatively, thus ESP learners raise negative attitudes towards it. A number the students favor engaging in traditional teaching and learning activities. Also students feel demotivated when learning online due to many challenges. It is suggested that the teachers should vary the techniques when performing the online class and get well trained to teach online in order to be able to get the students engaged and stimulated to learn English.

Keywords

ESP ; Online Learning ; Learning Motivation ; Students’ Attitudes ; COVID-19