TY - JOUR ID - 149211 TI - The Impact of Blended Learning on Iraqi Students' Achievement in English Literature Courses and Their Attitudes towards It JO - Teaching English Language JA - TEL LA - en SN - 2538-5488 AU - Qays, Shahad AU - Ketabi, Saeed AU - Pirnajmuddin, Hossein AU - Amirian, Zahra AD - Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Foreign Languages, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 16 IS - 1 SP - 119 EP - 139 KW - Attitude KW - blended learning KW - Iraqi EFL learners KW - literary genres KW - Motivation DO - 10.22132/tel.2022.149211 N2 - With the advent of technology, blended learning (also known as hybrid learning), as an approach to learning has become a common feature of education across the world. Considering the importance of learners' attitudes toward learning environments, in this study, an attempt was made to investigate the impact of the blended learning model on Iraqi students' achievement in an English literature course as well as their attitudes toward blended learning. In doing so, a total number of 50 English Literature BA participants took part in the study. The participants were subjected to a pre-test and a post-test after their homogeneity was confirmed using the Oxford Placement Test. In the next step, the students were interviewed to help the researchers gain a deeper understanding of the learners' perspectives on blended learning. The results of the repeated measures analysis suggested that blended learning could improve EFL learners' literary knowledge, especially in the genres of short fiction and drama. Moreover, it was found that the learners had a positive attitude toward this learning method since they considered it a new form of learning that could heighten their motivation, improve their participation, and provide the chance to be autonomous learners. These findings are discussed and conclusions obtained from the results are put forward. UR - http://www.teljournal.org/article_149211.html L1 - http://www.teljournal.org/article_149211_23f736a15ce76aebfee81e3ff5230bd7.pdf ER -