Attitudes of Saudi Arabian learners to online communication in EFL

• Main Author: Kadwa, Mohammed Siddique
• Other Authors: Nchindila, Bernard Mwansa
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Online communication; E-learning (electronic learning); Attitudes; LMS (learner management system); EFL (English as a foreign language); Preparatory year; Saudi Arabia; CLT (Communicative language teaching); Taibah University; 428.00711538; English language > Study and teaching (Higher) > Saudi Arabia > Foreign speakers > Case studies; Internet in higher education > Saudi Arabia > Case studies; College students > Saudi Arabia > Attitudes > Case studies
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8880

The rapid pace with which internet technology has entered our daily lives provides an opportunity for English language teachers to incorporate some such platforms in their teaching. This study investigates the attitudes of Saudi Arabian learners towards online communication in EFL. It takes place in a university preparatory program at Taibah University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Questionnaires and interviews were used to gather data pertaining to the attitudes’ of Saudi Arabian learners to online communication in EFL. In order to achieve its aims, this study uses both quantitative and qualitative data to inform EFL practitioners of learners’ attitudes towards English, online communication in general and online communication for EFL purposes. === Educational Studies === M.A. (TESOL)