Analysis of EFL students’ interest in online classes during pandemic

Abstract

During the Corona epidemic, this study aims to investigate the opinions of EFL students at King Khalid University various campuses regarding the benefits, problems, and solutions of online learning. It also attempts to emphasize the effectiveness of online learning as an educational system that can be depended on to fulfill objectives what the university always aims for the best of learning outcomes. The researchers looked at the present state of online learning in Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire was used by the researchers during the COVID-19 epidemic. The questions in the questionnaire were answered by 226 students of KKU who had all attempted the online course. The purpose of the research was to highlight the difficulties that EFL learners faced last year in online classes. In addition to creating methods for integrating students in the evaluation process, their online courses process. The findings verified the necessity for adjustments and enhancements to be made to the system application of e-learning in the educational process to assist high-level education ministries in achieving their goals or genuine success in disseminating information The researchers concluded that substantial efforts should be made in this area. Besides providing effective training programs for both students and employees, upgrading the technical infrastructure is also important.