Exploring Learners’and Teachers’ Attitudes towards the Use of Blended Learning: The Case of EFL Learners at Mila University center.

Abstract

As Algeria has witnessed a national lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic, all educational institutions shifted to the use of e-learning as it was the only possible solution to carry out their academic work. Henceforth, the present piece of work aims at investigating and exploring teachers’ and learners’ attitudes towards the use of blended learning in EFL classes at Mila University Center.For accomplishing and reaching the aims of this study, mixed method was used and two questionnaires have been administrated to a sample of 101 students of different genders and from different levels, as well as to 10 teachers at the department of foreign languages. After gathering data and analyzing it, the findings revealed that the integration of Blended Learning in EFL classes was an efficacious teaching method for teachers yet learners found it difficult to adopt with the new learning situation. They faced many obstacles with this method. Therefore, they prefer face to face learning instead of blended learning. In addition to that, most teachers and learners admitted that the use of technology in the teaching and learning process is of a great benefit on their teaching and learning process. The study ended with some suggestions and recommendations.