The current coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic caused a temporary halt to educational activities around the world. The abrupt and fast shift from regular face-to-face learning to fully online learning altered the students’ impressions toward the Blackboard application and its use. It is important to have an in-depth analysis of the effectiveness of using the blackboard platform in developing students’ skills. The current study included a review of both quantitative and qualitative papers according to their relevance to the Saudi context to get a clearer image about the use of blackboard in building up Saudi EFL learners speaking skills. The purpose of this study is to address and review the studies that investigate students’ perceptions of the Blackboard program as a mere tool of learning English courses in Preparatory Year, as well as the impact of those perceptions on students’ use of Blackboard. This work underlines previous literature associated with blackboard as a platform in the practice of speaking skills in the English language among Saudi English as Foreign Language (EFL) Learners. It is meant to provide an overview of how Blackboard computer and internet-based virtual class (CIBVC) is used to overcome Saudi EFL learners’ difficulties in English-speaking skills and describes their speaking ability from the perspectives of accuracy, fluency, and Anxiety. This work suggests that the students’ earlier knowledge of online learning via Blackboard has a positive impact on their perceptions. It also contributed to online learning of English language speaking skills and the learning via the online learning platforms’ research field during the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

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在 COVID-19 期间沙特 EFL 学习者在英语口语练习中使用黑板

当前的冠状病毒 (COVID-19) 流行导致世界各地的教育活动暂时停止。从常规的面对面学习到完全在线学习的突然而快速的转变改变了学生对 Blackboard 应用程序及其使用的印象。深入分析使用黑板平台在培养学生技能方面的有效性非常重要。目前的研究包括根据与沙特背景的相关性对定量和定性论文进行审查，以更清楚地了解使用黑板来培养沙特 EFL 学习者的口语技能。本研究的目的是解决和回顾调查学生对 Blackboard 计划的看法的研究，该计划仅仅是在预科年学习英语课程的工具，以及这些看法对学生使用 Blackboard 的影响。这项工作强调了以前与黑板相关的文献，作​​为在沙特英语作为外语 (EFL) 学习者中练习英语口语技能的平台。它旨在概述如何使用黑板计算机和基于互联网的虚拟课堂 (CIBVC) 来克服沙特 EFL 学习者在英语口语方面的困难，并从准确性、流利度和焦虑的角度描述他们的口语能力。这项工作表明，学生通过 Blackboard 进行在线学习的早期知识对他们的认知产生了积极影响。