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The use of blackboard in the practice of English-Speaking Skills among Saudi EFL learners during COVID-19

The current coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic caused a temporary halt to educational activities around the world. The abrupt and fast shift from regular face-to-face learning to fully online learning altered the students' impressions toward the Blackboard application and its use. It is important...

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Main Authors: Al-Oqaily, Emran Ismail, Salam, Abdul Rahim, Na, Kew Si
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Language:English
Published: AWEJ 2022
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H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101034/1/AbdulRahimSalam2022_TheUseofBlackboardinthePracticeofEnglishSpeakingSkills.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101034/
http://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/covid2.23
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spelling my.utm.1010342023-05-25T03:48:19Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101034/ The use of blackboard in the practice of English-Speaking Skills among Saudi EFL learners during COVID-19 Al-Oqaily, Emran Ismail Salam, Abdul Rahim Na, Kew Si H Social Sciences (General) The current coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic caused a temporary halt to educational activities around the world. The abrupt and fast shift from regular face-to-face learning to fully online learning altered the students' impressions toward the Blackboard application and its use. It is important to have an in-depth analysis of the effectiveness of using the blackboard platform in developing students' skills. The current study included a review of both quantitative and qualitative papers according to their relevance to the Saudi context to get a clearer image about the use of blackboard in building up Saudi EFL learners speaking skills. The purpose of this study is to address and review the studies that investigate students' perceptions of the Blackboard program as a mere tool of learning English courses in Preparatory Year, as well as the impact of those perceptions on students' use of Blackboard. This work underlines previous literature associated with blackboard as a platform in the practice of speaking skills in the English language among Saudi English as Foreign Language (EFL) Learners. It is meant to provide an overview of how Blackboard computer and internet-based virtual class (CIBVC) is used to overcome Saudi EFL learners' difficulties in English-speaking skills and describes their speaking ability from the perspectives of accuracy, fluency, and Anxiety. This work suggests that the students' earlier knowledge of online learning via Blackboard has a positive impact on their perceptions. It also contributed to online learning of English language speaking skills and the learning via the online learning platforms' research field the outbreak of COVID-19. AWEJ 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101034/1/AbdulRahimSalam2022_TheUseofBlackboardinthePracticeofEnglishSpeakingSkills.pdf Al-Oqaily, Emran Ismail and Salam, Abdul Rahim and Na, Kew Si (2022) The use of blackboard in the practice of English-Speaking Skills among Saudi EFL learners during COVID-19. Arab World English Journal, NA (SI). pp. 342-355. ISSN 2229-9327 http://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/covid2.23 DOI : 10.24093/awej/covid2.23
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Al-Oqaily, Emran Ismail
Salam, Abdul Rahim
Na, Kew Si
The use of blackboard in the practice of English-Speaking Skills among Saudi EFL learners during COVID-19
description The current coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic caused a temporary halt to educational activities around the world. The abrupt and fast shift from regular face-to-face learning to fully online learning altered the students' impressions toward the Blackboard application and its use. It is important to have an in-depth analysis of the effectiveness of using the blackboard platform in developing students' skills. The current study included a review of both quantitative and qualitative papers according to their relevance to the Saudi context to get a clearer image about the use of blackboard in building up Saudi EFL learners speaking skills. The purpose of this study is to address and review the studies that investigate students' perceptions of the Blackboard program as a mere tool of learning English courses in Preparatory Year, as well as the impact of those perceptions on students' use of Blackboard. This work underlines previous literature associated with blackboard as a platform in the practice of speaking skills in the English language among Saudi English as Foreign Language (EFL) Learners. It is meant to provide an overview of how Blackboard computer and internet-based virtual class (CIBVC) is used to overcome Saudi EFL learners' difficulties in English-speaking skills and describes their speaking ability from the perspectives of accuracy, fluency, and Anxiety. This work suggests that the students' earlier knowledge of online learning via Blackboard has a positive impact on their perceptions. It also contributed to online learning of English language speaking skills and the learning via the online learning platforms' research field the outbreak of COVID-19.
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author Al-Oqaily, Emran Ismail
Salam, Abdul Rahim
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title The use of blackboard in the practice of English-Speaking Skills among Saudi EFL learners during COVID-19
title_short The use of blackboard in the practice of English-Speaking Skills among Saudi EFL learners during COVID-19
title_full The use of blackboard in the practice of English-Speaking Skills among Saudi EFL learners during COVID-19
title_fullStr The use of blackboard in the practice of English-Speaking Skills among Saudi EFL learners during COVID-19
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