The Impact Of Online Teaching On Learners’ Motivation The Case Of Third-year Efl Students At The University Of Msila

Résumé: Abstract Online teaching can be defined as the education that relies on internet use. It’s a new technique that is believed to be able to develop and facilitate the teaching-learning process. Algeria is one of the countries that attempt to use online teaching in its educational institutions during the spread of the Corona Virus hoping that it will facilitate learning from home; using computers or smart phones connected to internet; and compensate the physical presence in universities. However, the application of this new technique in an environment where people are unfamiliar with the use of technology causes a lot of problems to learners and decreases their motivation. The present research is conducted with third year EFL students at Msila university of Mohamed Boudiaf. Its purpose is to highlight the negative effects of online teaching on EFL learners’ motivation and provide some suggestions that may help teachers to update their way of teaching and use some new strategies that increase student’s motivation through the use of this technique. This paper contains three chapters. The first one is a background about online teaching: its definition, characteristics and advantages. It, also, discusses some problems that students face when learning online. The second chapter contains both the: positive and the negative impacts of online teaching on EFL learner’s motivation as it offers some adjusting strategies to improve learners’ motivation. The last chapter includes analyzing the data collected from teachers’ and students’ questionnaires. The results of the questionnaires reveal that teachers are not aware of how to teach online and design online courses according to their learners’ needs, interests, and level. The results, also, confirm our research hypothesis and indicate that online teaching is neither for every teacher not for every learner.

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