The drastic and unplanned shift to online teaching caused by the Covid-19 pandemic offers researchers with unprecedented opportunity to examine a wide range of issues related to online language teaching and assessment. The current study surveyed English language teachers (N = 161) from several Saudi universities regarding their experience with teaching English online. Five themes were explored: institutions’ resources and technical support, knowledge and training, attitudes, effectiveness of teaching and assessment, and overall experience. The results demonstrate the readiness of Saudi universities for online teaching in terms of resources and technical support. In addition, teachers were found to have the necessary knowledge and training needed to carry out their online teaching and assessment. Teachers’ attitudes were mixed towards teaching English online, which may be due to personal preferences and different teaching contexts. The same was also found for their opinions towards the effectiveness of online teaching and assessment as compared to in-person teaching and assessment. While the teachers’ experiences were largely positive towards online teaching, concerns were raised regarding student engagement and assessment reliability. Saudi universities are recommended to capitalize on what they have achieved during the pandemic and offer innovative solutions to enhance assessment reliability and student engagement.

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教师对沙特阿拉伯高等教育在线英语教学的看法

由 Covid-19 大流行引起的向在线教学的急剧和计划外转变为研究人员提供了前所未有的机会来研究与在线语言教学和评估相关的广泛问题。目前的研究调查了几所沙特大学的英语教师（N = 161），了解他们在线教授英语的经验。探讨了五个主题：机构的资源和技术支持、知识和培训、态度、教学和评估的有效性以及整体经验。结果表明，沙特大学在资源和技术支持方面已做好在线教学的准备。此外，还发现教师具备开展在线教学和评估所需的必要知识和培训。教师对在线英语教学的态度参差不齐，这可能是由于个人喜好和不同的教学环境。与面对面教学和评估相比，他们对在线教学和评估的有效性也有同样的看法。虽然教师的经验对在线教学大体上是积极的，但人们对学生参与度和评估可靠性提出了担忧。建议沙特大学利用他们在大流行期间取得的成就，提供创新解决方案，以提高评估可靠性和学生参与度。与面对面教学和评估相比，他们对在线教学和评估的有效性也有同样的看法。虽然教师的经验对在线教学大体上是积极的，但人们对学生参与度和评估可靠性提出了担忧。建议沙特大学利用他们在大流行期间取得的成就，提供创新解决方案，以提高评估可靠性和学生参与度。与面对面教学和评估相比，他们对在线教学和评估的有效性也有同样的看法。虽然教师的经验对在线教学大体上是积极的，但人们对学生参与度和评估可靠性提出了担忧。建议沙特大学利用他们在大流行期间取得的成就，提供创新解决方案，以提高评估可靠性和学生参与度。