The Effect of E-Learning on Iraqi EFL Learners’ Oral Proficiency and Their Motivation

Abstract

E-learning is the application of new multimedia technologies as well as the internet to develop the learning quality by easing access to sources and services as well as remote exchanges and collaboration.  The current quasi experimental study has examined the effect of E-Learning on Iraqi EFL learners’ oral proficiency and their motivation. Therefore, to this end, 40 EFL learners were selected based on OPT test from Wassit city, Iraq. The participants whose scores were within one standard deviation above and below the mean score were selected as participants of the study and were assigned to two homogeneous groups.  However, one class was allowed to follow up their learning process using the E-learning based instruction, downloading the related materials and follow up online learning, while the learners in the control group followed up their learning process through similar teacher- student learning. The results revealed that the average scores of students in the test before and after using E-learning-based treatment and the average score before using E-learning-based treatment in the experimental group is 72.40 and after that was 77.05  Besides, based on the participants' mean scores in the motivation in pre-test and posttest, the learners' motivation in the experimental group was also higher than those in the control group. The central implication of the current research will alarm the educational policy makers, curriculum designers, and material developers for implementation of the E-learning-based instructions