Title: Investigating EFL Students’ Attitude towards E learning: Case Study of Master One Students of Didactics and Applied Languages Department of English, University of Belhadj Bouchaib, Ain Temouchant

Abstract

E-learning is a new teaching/learning approach in Algerian Universities. It is existed before the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic yet, it was implemented as an alternative solution to carry on the educational curriculum. Since the application of e-learning at the Algerian Universities was under emergency conditions, the purpose of conducting this research work is to investigate EFL students’ attitude toward e-learning and to see which gender shows a positive attitude toward it. This study seeks to determine the factors that may affect students’ attitude toward e-learning negatively. To reach the research objectives, and answer the research questions, two research tools were used: a questionnaire addressed to 46 Master one EFL students of didactics and Applied Languages, and an interview targeted 05 EFL teachers from the department of English language at Belhadj Bouchaib University, Ain Temouchent. The results obtained from the analysis of data revealed that the majority of students had a negative attitude toward e-learning for both genders and that different factors negatively influenced students’ attitude toward e-learning, mainly the problems in accessing MOODLE platform, and the lack of materials