Innovation in Language Learning

Web-based learning is used nowadays as another option to face to face language teaching and learning. Although the e-learning term and tools do exist for over a decade, the educational research field has not given enough attention to the study of student motivation under the effect of e-learning. Online platforms could be used as an aid to deliver e-content and to provide various possibilities for implementing asynchronous e-learning web-based modules. In today’s modern learning scenario, it is believed that appropriate utilization of sophisticated tools of e-learning has generally been recommended in order to yield best possible results.This reserach paper will show that the use of interactive features of e-learning increases the motivation of language learning students for the learning process. A questionnaire will be developed and administrated to potential/actual students. The main objective of the questionnaire will be to reveal the perceptions of students regarding the use of e-learning pedagogical tools in a language classroom. Next, according to the aquired information, strategies to enhance the practical application of e-learning tools in classroom-based language teaching will be provided. The significance of this study is that it will raise the awareness of academic staff to the importance of using the interactive features of e-learning as an important asset in teaching.

Keywords: e-learning, motivation, language learning, web-based education;