Abstract: Interest in promoting quality English language teaching in foreign countries has been a long-standing government priority. English is considered the most important universal language in education and professional work. However, English teaching is focused on professional teaching and language skills without much emphasis on aspects of English as a culture and not merely a language. The relation between exposure to English-speaking cultures, mainly western, and EFL’s competencies is a topic in EFL academic research that requires more investigation, especially in the context of non-native speakers in Arab countries. In education, the present advancements in the technology field have resulted in renewed interests to blend conventional teaching and learning approaches with technologies that improve teaching and learning of language. This research aims to examine the works regarding blended education challenges as a technology-improved pedagogical instrument that combines face-to-face and e-learning instructional tasks to develop English skills, including its applications in coaching English as a new language. Besides, this work explores how blended learning enables students to become engaged and autonomous in knowledge development instead of acting as a passive observers. It is anticipated that the article shall contribute to improving the knowledge body which exists in the blending learning area, mainly as it applies to the experience acquisition issues in EFL. It can be argued that blended learning applications can support EFL learning and maximize opportunities for EFL students to study English at their convenience freely. Some challenges should be resolved or addressed, such as ensuring that the designs of blended learning methods put into consideration learning approaches of learners and the workload needed to be effective, the library facilities can deliver this kind of method, and e-learning materials are suitably supportive, and learners can easily access them.
Keywords: English language teaching, English teaching, language skills, English-speaking cultures.
Title: THE CHALLENGE OF USING BLENDED LEARNING IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Author: Safeya Habeeb Merza
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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