Blended Learning Improves EFL Oral Skills

ABSTRACT

The objectives of this book were to investigate the effect of using blended learning on EFL Jordanian tenth grade students’ oral skills and teacher and student perceptions of its utility and their suggestions to improve the use of BL in the Jordanian schools.

The present study attempted to answer the following questions:

1.What was the effect of using Blended Learning (BL) on English oral skills of Tenth grade students in Amman Discovery schools?

2.How did EFL Tenth grade teachers in Amman Discovery schools implement BL when teaching oral skills?

3. What were EFL teachers’ perceptions of the efficacy of BL to enhance their students’ oral skills?

4. What were EFL students’ perceptions of the benefits of BL to enhance their oral skills?

What were EFL teachers’ and students’ suggestions to improve the implementation of BL in Amman Discovery schools?

Since the study had multi purposes, the researcher used three samples to fulfill the required goals. A random sample of 327 Tenth grade EFL students from Amman Discovery schools represented-the experimental group, 131 girls from Dahyat Al Rasheed Secondary school for girls, and 196 boys from lbn Abbas Secondary school for boys. A random sample of 145 Tenth grade students from Amman the Second Directorate of Education represented the control group, 75 boy from Sweleh Secondary school for boys, and 70 girls from Sweleh Secondary school for girls. Those students sat for the pre-post tests of oral skills. Blended Learning was used to teach the experimental group. A Second, stratified random sample consisted of 368 students studied in Amman discovery schools represented traditional face-to face, online, and blended EFL courses. Those students responded to The College Classroom Environment Scales (CCES) to gathera information about the students’ perceptions of BL. utility to enhance