Testing the Learners’ Perception of Distance Courses in EFL Classrooms

Abstract

Nowadays, the physical classroom learning is no longer practical for the working and resident students. Internet and distance learning which is generally known as online education plays a vital role in the developed countries' educational system. It is undeniable that online education provides ample of benefits to these two categories of learners. Nevertheless, there are also many negative implications from online education. This study aims to test the students’ perception of Distance Learning in the English Department at Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University. A well-structured experiment was conducted to test whether this new method is effective for teaching English learners or not. In order to confirm our hypotheses -working and resident students will be excited by the integration of distance learning in the educational system- a questionnaire was distributed to these English master students to obtain their points of view regarding the integration of this new educational program and how to achieve their learning successively without having any problem with the missing lectures and being absent all the time. The data obtained in the research were analysed using Excel tables. The findings showed that there are a large number of working and resident students at the level of the Algerian University. They also reveal that distance learning can be used effectively in the higher education.