Distance Learning as a Challenge to Succeed to Learn the English Language during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Coronavirus pandemic, as a viral threat to the world, is imposing a lot of changes in the field of education. So this leads to deal with new mechanisms in order to motivate the educational institutions to choose distance learning or the E-learning as an alternative. As a result, the Algerian educational system raised challenges to fight this pandemic by moving from the traditional learning to distance learning. University of Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed, as the other universities has chosen to shut its doors on the face of the pandemic and remote working through E-learning platforms. In this paper, our objective is to investigate problems and issues that faced both teachers and students and which are considered as important episodes in the E-learning process. Although distance learning is effective and beneficial, the students find themselves less motivated to complete their tasks, and get distracted by weak access to the internet. The Students and the teachers dissatisfaction with feedback is also a significant problem. To gain a full understanding of teachers and students E-learning challenges and how they cope with them, in depth qualitative research is required.