UTILIZING A BLENDED LEARNING STRATEGYTO ENHANCE EFLSTUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION SKILLS AT THE FACULTY OF SPECIFIC EDUCATION

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of utilizing a blended learning strategy indeveloping EFLlistening comprehension skillsamong sophomores at the Faculty of Specific Education. To achieve the study aims, the researcher adopted a quasi-experimental design on participants of forty (40)sophomores at the Faculty of Specific Education, Zagazig University, Egypt. The participants were divided into two groups. Both groups were pretested to assure that they were equivalent. The experimental group was taught using the blended learning strategy while the control one was taught using regular instruction during the Academic Year 2019-2020. The experiment lasted for ten (10) weeks in which the researcher implemented the study instruments to investigate the effect of the blended learning strategy. The results were statistically analyzed by SPSS to get the final results. The results revealed that there were statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental and the control groups in the post-listening comprehension test favoring the experimental group’s results. There were statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental group pre-post-listening comprehension test favoring the post-test’s results.  This positive result was attributed to the effectiveness of using the blended learning strategy. According to the findings, the researcher recommends that the English Language instructors need to activate the blended learning strategy in order to develop EFL listening comprehension skills among sophomores.