EFL SPEAKING PRACTICE IN DISTANCE LEANING DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC 2020-2021

Students at languages and translation departments Saudi universities take listening speaking courses. Before the pandemic, students used to complete activities in textbooks which required them engage many real-life, face-to-face individual and/or collaborative small-group classroom such as role-playing, dramatization, inviting a guest, conducting interviews others. However, due Coronavirus Pandemic, there was an emergency shift distance learning starting March 2020 , where all courses are being delivered online. Several platforms education Blackboard, Zoom, Microsoft Teams The current study explores types of online that sample college instructors some language currently using how they absence activities, interaction, communication. Survey results showed EFL variety as: (i) assigning topic research prepare home then give oral presentation about it through platform; (ii) debates issues; (iii) answering problem-solving questions; (iv) student-created podcast on their choice Speaking Center Twitter; (v) combining activities; (vi) . free audio recording creator record conversations presentations; (vii) app instructors’ views effects students’ skill development environments reported.