Teaching English as a Foreign Language during Exceptional Circumstances using e-Learning in Iraq, Covid-19 Pandemic as an Example: Problems and Solutions

Teaching English as a Foreign Language during Exceptional Circumstances using e-Learning in Iraq, Covid-19 Pandemic as an Example: Problems and Solutions

Section: Article
Issue
Vol. 6 No. 21.1 (2026): Al-Hamdaniya Conference
Pages
926-911

Keywords:

English as a foreign language, e-learning

Abstract

The present study aims at finding out the most common problems teachers may encounter in teaching English as a foreign language during exceptional circumstances and proper solutions with respect to gender and stage of studying.


     To detect these aims, a sample of 84 EFL teachers (42 male & 42 female teachers) randomly selected from the General Directorate of Education in Nineveh, Iraq. The sample have to manage a designed questionnaire by the researcher.


     To analyze the gathered data of the questionnaire, Z-test statistical mean used. 


     The major results exposed that:


1- Iraqi EFL teachers encounter diverse problems in teaching English as a foreign language during exceptional circumstances as Covid-19.


2- No statistically significant differences found of the problems between male and female EFL teachers.


3- No statistically significant differences found of the problems between primary and secondary stage EFL teachers.

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Author

Marwan Ramadhan Abdullah

Ministry of Education / Open Educational College – Nineveh Center

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DOI: 10.33899/w1gg0c36

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Teaching English as a Foreign Language during Exceptional Circumstances using e-Learning in Iraq, Covid-19 Pandemic as an Example: Problems and Solutions: Teaching English as a Foreign Language during Exceptional Circumstances using e-Learning in Iraq, Covid-19 Pandemic as an Example: Problems and Solutions. (2026). Journal of Education for the Humanities , 6(21.1), 926-911. https://doi.org/10.33899/w1gg0c36
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Teaching English as a Foreign Language during Exceptional Circumstances using e-Learning in Iraq, Covid-19 Pandemic as an Example: Problems and Solutions: Teaching English as a Foreign Language during Exceptional Circumstances using e-Learning in Iraq, Covid-19 Pandemic as an Example: Problems and Solutions. (2026). Journal of Education for the Humanities , 6(21.1), 926-911. https://doi.org/10.33899/w1gg0c36