Open AccessFacebook as a learning platform in Algeria during the COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Nadia Ghounane
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
global journal of foreign language teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2301-2595
DOI - 10.18844/gjflt.v11i2.5555
Subject(s) - pandemic , social media , context (archaeology) , covid-19 , phone , the internet , psychology , process (computing) , computer science , test (biology) , mathematics education , pedagogy , sociology , world wide web , history , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , disease , archaeology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , paleontology , biology , operating system
With the dawn of high-tech phone applications and the constant spread of internet uses, social media networking sites have become a refuge for billions of users. Facebook is the leading social media tool and this research work aims to project light into the teaching/learning situation in the Algerian context, mainly the teaching of the English Language. A total of 80 Master’s students and 10 teachers from the Department of English Language and Literature at Saida were used as a case study. This is to provide an inkling on the most employed social platform in the teaching and learning process during the absence of face-to-face interaction. The research tools were mainly a questionnaire, an interview and a post-test assessment. From our results, Facebook was the second leading e-learning tool after Moodle platform during the pandemic. The paper recommends some strategies on how Facebook can be employed effectively in the teaching and learning process after the pandemic. Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic, educational platforms, EFL learners, Facebook, higher education.