The Effect of Online Learning on Students’ Achievement in English: a Comparative Study

The purpose of this study is to find out the effect of online learning on students’ achievement in English intermediate course (101). The study sample consisted of 88 English (101) students studying at Yarmouk University in the first semester of the academic year 2016/2017(44 in the control group and 44 in the experimental one). Toaccomplish the aim of the study, the researchers used two achievement tests (the mid and final tests).The results revealed that there are no statistically significant differences in students achievement due to the method of teaching (online or traditional ways of teaching).The researchers recommended encouraging students to use new technological methods in learning. Moreover, more studies are needed to find out the difficulties that students may encounter while learning English using online methods of teaching and to investigate if there are any statistically significant differences in students achievements using online learning due to gender and college.