Students’ Readiness for the Implementation of E-learning in the College of Basic Education (CBE) in Kuwait during the Covid-19 Pandemic

The main goal of this research was to investigate the readiness level of student-teachers in CBE in implementing E-learning. This study adopted a survey research design. The readiness of E-learning of the participants was assessed by a 39-item adopted survey. The study sample was 559 female undergraduate fall-time students majoring in teaching English as Foreign language (EFL). The analysis of the results found that the students have high levels of readiness towards E-learning that is due to the training they received online by their college. Additionally, no significant relationship was found between age and the level of readiness of the participants. Keywords: Readiness, E-leaning, Remote-emergency learning, acceptance, and training. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-6-11 Publication date: February 28th 202

ELT & Social Media in Covid-19 Era: A Case Study

In March 2020, with the increasing confirmed cases of COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Kuwait, the Kuwaiti Cabinet decided to suspend face-to-face teaching in all schools and universities. The following month the Ministry of Education and Higher Education adopted Online instruction in both public and private educational institutions. The current quantitive research aims at examining the implementation of social media by Kuwait University students and potential implementation of high-tech facilities in language learning. About 400 male and female students from the English Department were surveyed. The researcher used SPSS to analyze students’ responses of the questionnaire. The findings demonstrated a substantial increase in the use of SM because of COVID-19. Questionnaire respondents illustrated positive attitude towards the implementation of SM. The future of SM in Kuwait is promising. The study recommends that education institutions, public and private, adopt various SM platforms to sustain and develop the teaching process