Effectiveness of Digital Education in English Language Learning from Undergraduate Students’ Perspective

The teaching-learning process is quickly changing worldwide, moving away from traditional classroom settings and toward a hybrid of traditional and online learning. Digital tools have admittedly become crucial to language education both within and outside the classroom context. Technological tools are becoming increasingly important to assist teachers in facilitating language acquisition. In response to the digitization of the academic settings and the recent global coronavirus pandemic, online platforms Zoom such as Microsoft Teams, Blackboard, Skype, Webinar, and Discord have become highly prevalent in L2 teaching. Specifically, Microsoft Teams has been the most frequently utilized digital platform for learning and teaching during the pandemic outbreak in Saudi Arabia. With the purpose of identifying the effectiveness of Microsoft Teams in online education of universities, this study investigated 60 (20 female and 40 male) Saudi Arabian university students’ perceptions regarding the efficacy of the platform for (1) teacher-student interactions and (2) learning, and (3) assessment. The findings will be discussed in light of the effectiveness of digital education in L2 learning from the university students’ perspective.