The Usefulness of Zoom Platform for Teaching Business Vocabulary from the Perceptions of Second Year Students, Faculty of Commerce, Hodeidah University

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate students' perceptions of the usefulness of Zoom application in learning business English and its impact on business vocabulary acquisition. A quantitative descriptive design was employed, and data were collected via a structured questionnaire administrated to 20 second year students in the Faculty of Commerce at Hodeidah University. The findings revealed that the majority of students held positive perceptions towards Zoom platform. They reported that the platform enhanced their business vocabulary acquisition by providing valuable business English terms, helping them to identify essential business documents and their functions, and increasing their understanding of business correspondents and procedures. The study also highlighted Zoom's flexibility and capacity in fostering students' interactive learning experiences. Based on these results, the study recommended that areas received lower agreement should be addressed to use Zoom's breakout room and solve business problems independently by presenting various videos of professionals that illustrate key Zoom skills for exploiting Zoom's features to support students' skills in using the Zoom application and by adding additional activities in solving business problems.