Arab Educational Information Network

COVID -19 pandemic caused unpreceded crisis in all fields through the world. Education has been transferred to online in most of counties throughout the world. This has impacted the education sector in Egypt as throughout the pandemic crisis, universities have been temporarily closed. As a result, the Ministry of Education has opted for online learning or e-learning with the students through technology or devices to facilitate communication in replacing classroom traditional learning. This study aims at investigating the challenges and problems faced by EFL learners in college of education, October 6 university, Egypt, in the second semester of 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. A5 point scale survey-based questionnaire was used. Descriptive statistical methods were used to analyze the responses of 128 students and their reflections. Results showed that the problems that affected the EFL learning during pandemic are caused by social, technical and academic challenges that impacted the online learning of EFL negatively. The study gives some solutions and suggested strategies that can be implemented to overcome these challenges. (Author’s abstract)