Sagir Ahmed Khan’s scientific contributions

This article delves into the emerging field of linguistic landscape (LL) studies, which focuses on the examination of languages displayed publicly on billboards, road signs, shop fronts, graffiti, and other inscriptions in urban environments. It contends that language serves as a direct identifier of people and a sensitive gauge of societal transformations. Despite its pervasive presence, the linguistic landscape often goes unnoticed by the public. The article provides an overview of approaches to linguistic landscape research, with a particular focus on bilingual signboards in Abha City, Saudi Arabia, reflecting a growing interest in this interdisciplinary field.

COVID-19 has impacted the majority of the worlds sectors. In most places throughout the world, education is the only industry that has entirely transitioned to an online method. During the pandemic, online learning was the ideal choice for continuing education, particularly in tertiary education. The purpose of this study is to identify the issues and hurdles that English language learners (EFL) have when transitioning to online learning in the second semester of 2020 because to the COVID-19 epidemic. This studys contribution is to analyse learners new experiences in online education and to examine the practicality of virtual ways of learning. The study discovered that the primary issues influencing and impacting online EFL learning during COVID-19 are technological, academic, and communication concerns. The study found that students were most satisfied with the support offered by teaching staff and their universities public relations during the worldwide shutdown and transition to online learning, with a sample of 30,383 students from 62 countries. Despite this, they were unable to recognise their own enhanced performance in the new teaching environment due to a lack of computer skills and the perception of a larger burden. This study focuses on the obstacles and variables that influence the acceptability and usage of E-Learning as a teaching tool in higher education. As a result, it will aid in the development of a strategic plan for the effective implementation of e-learning, as well as the acceptance of technology as a good step toward evolution and transformation.

The problem with a coronavirus posed a challenge to the education system, forcing educators to change to a wholly E-learning environment. Many educational institutions were unprepared for such a fast transformation. During the COVID-19 shutdown, distant study of foreign languages caused current teaching technologies to increase the breadth of the educational process, broaden its practical direction, and contribute to the intensity of students autonomous work, boosting their cognitive activity.The articles goals include: defining the types and specifics of modern edTech for the educational process as it transitions from no E-Learning to fully E-Learning and eliminating the role of the Internet as a means of information and communication edTech in teaching foreign languages at higher education establishments is to discover how to improve students learning at higher education institutions, the significance of employing remote edTechs, and the SWOC (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Challenges) examination of E-learning strategies during the pandemic shutdown. This studys contribution is to analyse learners new experiences in online education and to examine the viability of virtual ways of learning. This is accomplished by analysing the replies of 228 students to a survey-based questionnaire. The studys validity was tested using a descriptive statistical approach. The key issues that influence and effect online EFL learning during COVID-19 are technological, academic, and communication concerns. According to the survey findings, most EFL learners are dissatisfied with continued online learning since they have not made the desired gain in language learning performance.