Investigating Efl Teachers And Students' Attitudes And Perceptions Towards Blended Learning Of Writing Skill: The Case Of Third-year Students At The Department Of English At M'sila University

Résumé: Abstract Blended learning has received an increasing interest in many fields, most importantly in the field of education. After the spread of Covid 19 epidemic, all countries around the world have witnessed a long lasting standstill where the educational system has shifted from the traditional learning in the classroom to the electronic learning through online platforms. The present study aims at investigating students' as well as teachers' perceptions towards blended learning mainly the writing skill. An exploratory investigation was undertaken using two questionnaires. The first one was administered with a sample of 60 third year English students at M'sila University, while the second survey was delivered to the department's written expression teachers. The obtained data were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings revealed that most EFL teachers and students have negative attitudes towards BL when it comes to the writing skill. The results indicate that learning writing skill through online platforms is ineffective, unlike the traditional face to face learning in which the majority of students believe that BL did not provide them with more writing opportunities. Besides, it did not motivate them to spark their interaction as well as their performance and failed to make learning process more successful and effective.

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