Blended Learning Approaches for Teaching English: Integrating Online Platforms with Face-to-Face Instruction: A Case Study of the Department of English Language and Literature at Qassim University

Abstract

Mastery approaches like blended learning are more relevant now than they have ever been. In order to show the possibility of the implementation of the said type of learning method in university settings, it is necessary to evaluate students' perception and performance during the period of blended learning. Therefore, the aim of this research is to examine the effectiveness of the integration of virtual methods along with face-to-face lessons in teaching English. The research methodology in this study adopts an experimental design, which in this case involves the sample of students learning English from the intensive course program at the Qassim University's English Language and Literature Department, Saudi Arabia and splits them into two groups. There were 50 students who participated in the study and equal control and experimental groups for each of the students. The blended education division and the face-to-face education division are two different divisions and hence a comparative method of assessment was used. By integrating blended learning into the institutions, the study established that blended learning had a statistically significant improvement. The students of the blended education group scored higher in the English language skills test that covered reading, writing, speaking, and listening than the second group taught in the face-to-face education stream.