Didactiques
Volume 10, Numéro 2, Pages 93-108
2021-12-31

Comparative Observations On Face-to-face Instruction Versus E-learning: Efl Students’ Representations



Authors : Fersaoui Imane .

Abstract

The abrupt instructional shift that took place in March-April 2020 due to the global Covid-19 Pandemic has engendered serious effects, some of which seem to be lasting ones. The sudden turn towards e-learning took neither teachers’ nor learners’ needs into consideration. Most of them were not ready, trained, nor well-equipped. It was an emergency case at many levels. Later though, some universities sought to provide training and equipment in order to succeed the online teaching-learning experience. While it is clear that teachers received more training than students, the latter are the focus of this action research because they are the learning agent. For this, we attempt in this exploratory research paper to understand students’ views towards e-learning and their preferences regarding face-to-face instruction and online learning. To achieve this aim, an online questionnaire is used with 55 EFL students at the Department of English, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Bouzareah (ENSB). The findings show that most learners prefer face-to-face over e-learning because they understand better in the physical presence of the teacher, that they were not ready for the shift, and that they have not received training on e-learning. These attitudes and representations entail that the e-learning experience had better be improved to students through providing training and equipment.

Keywords

e-learning ; face-to-face instruction ; students ; representations ; comparative study

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