The Impact of Online Teaching on English Language Learning at University level

This paper aims at investigating the impact of online teaching on the process of English language learning. Online teaching nowadays has been an important component in education around the world. That is to say, technology integration is increasingly being used in the process of teaching and learning languages. There is a considerable number of studies observing the entry and use of online teaching, yet no studies have examined the impact of online teaching on English language learning at the university level in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Thereby, for the purpose of achieving the aim of the study, i.e., investigating the impact of online teaching, a questionnaire was administered to a randomly selected sample of 25 senior students at the Depts. of English Language and Literature from some selected universities in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Results revealed that the majority of the students are not in favor of e-learning. In other words, students' attitudes towards e-learning indicated that they are not really ready to deal positively with this mode of learning. Accordingly, online teaching or as it is known e-learning does not seem to improve students' skills and needs in English language learning.