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Challenges Faced in EFL Learning in Jordan During the Pandemic

Rema Mohammad Othman Othman

Abstract

This study aims to identify the challenges and obstacles of e-learning during the pandemic that EFL teachers and students faced, the study discusses some suggestions and solutions to improve online classrooms that can play an important role in improving the learning and teaching process. The study shows that both teachers and students faced different challenges in learning online. Poor internet connection, , less motivation, less participation, poor interaction and less understanding are the most challenging problems in online learning. However, online classes are accessible, convenient, and easy to review for exams. The study indicates that an effective online learning environment is crucial to enrich effective EFL learning outcomes.

Keywords: EFL; Jordan; Online learning; pandemic; Covid 19; disadvantages; advantages; challenges; solutions.

1. Introduction

The spread of Covid 19 not only causes health crises in the world, but it also affects many aspects of life, including education. The pandemic has a direct impact on all fields of education. Public and private educational institutions shift from traditional education to e-learning (online). Transition learning from face- to- face to online learning created a lot of barriers for teachers, students, parents, and decision makers. The sudden spread of the pandemic without prior preparation forced educational institutions to use online platforms to reach out to students, webinars have become temporary classrooms, parents have been asked to monitor their children at home, and students have been deprived of social interaction between peers. Measures are likely to influence sustainable lifestyles through factors such as reduced contact with other people. It is possible that the effects of such deprivation of social contact will extend beyond the period of physical distance and might affect the population for years to come. In face-to-face learning activities, learning media can be people, objects around, environment and everything that can be used by teachers as an intermediary to convey subject matter (Rosalina et al.,2020). The outbreak of pandemic brought about education challenges to the traditional physical face-to-face teaching and learning processes due to closure of institutions and lockdowns. The global decision to close the educational institutes was rational to keep social distancing to stop its spread (Rajab et al., 2020). This research focuses on EFL learning challenges and obstacles during the pandemic and the possible facilities and solutions that can be delivered to overcome these problems in the future.The spread of Covid 19 not only causes health crises in the world, but it also affects many aspects of life, including education. The pandemic has a direct impact on all fields of education. Public and private educational institutions shift from traditional education to e-learning (online). Transition learning from face- to- face to online learning created a lot of barriers for teachers, students, parents, and decision makers. The sudden spread of the pandemic without prior preparation forced educational institutions to use online platforms to reach out to students, webinars have become temporary classrooms, parents have been asked to monitor their children at home, and students have been deprived of social interaction between peers. Measures are likely to influence sustainable lifestyles through factors such as reduced contact with other people. It is possible that the effects of such deprivation of social contact will extend beyond the period of physical distance and might affect the population for years to come. In face-to-face learning activities, learning media can be people, objects around, environment and everything that can be used by teachers as an intermediary to convey subject matter (Rosalina et al.,2020). The outbreak of pandemic brought about education challenges to the traditional physical face-to-face teaching and learning processes due to closure of institutions and lockdowns. The global decision to close the educational institutes was rational to keep social distancing to stop its spread (Rajab et al., 2020). This research focuses on EFL learning challenges and obstacles during the pandemic and the possible facilities and solutions that can be delivered to overcome these problems in the future.

1.1 Background

This literature study aims to analyze online learning difficulties faced by EFL educators and students during the spread of Covid 19. Discus solutions to solve them. Research data sources are collected through printed or online textbooks, articles from journal websites, law regulations, and other sources relevant to the research problem.

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Rema Mohammad Othman Othman
M.A. in Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
Full-time Lecturer, Language Centre
The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan
rema@hu.edu.jo
ORCID: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-6010-4974
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