Online Learning in ELT Methods Course: Learning from Students’ Voices

Nurul Fadhilla; Zulhermindra Zulhermindra; Suyono Suyono; Nina Suzanne; Emil Yani

doi:10.24036/jelt.v13i4.131036

Online Learning in ELT Methods Course: Learning from Students’ Voices

Nurul Fadhilla⁽¹⁾, Zulhermindra Zulhermindra⁽²⁾, Suyono Suyono⁽³⁾, Nina Suzanne⁽⁴⁾, Emil Yani⁽⁵⁾,
(1) Universitas Islam Negeri Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar

Indonesia
(2) Universitas Islam Negeri Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar

Indonesia
(3) Universitas Islam Negeri Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar

Indonesia
(4) Universitas Islam Negeri Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar

Indonesia
(5) Universitas Islam Negeri Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar

Indonesia

Corresponding Author
Copyright (c) 2024 Zulhermindra Zulhermindra

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/jelt.v13i4.131036

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Abstract

Online learning turns out to provide diverse perceptions among students. The purpose of this study to describe students’ perceptions toward the use of online learning in the Method of Teaching English as Foreign Language (Methods of TEFL) course. This research employed a quantitative approach with a survey method. The population were 73 students of the fifth semester of the English Department who took the Method TEFL course. A total of 15 students were assigned as tried-out sample and the rest of them were taken as the research sample using simple random sampling technique. In collecting data, a researcher made close-ended questionnaire was used. The try out results revealed that 17 items were valid items, 4 were discarded, and 23 were revised from 44 existing items. The reliability result was 0.900 which was at a good level of reliability. The findings showed that in general, students' perceptions of the use of online learning in the Method of TEFL course were strongly positive. When viewed from each component, students' perceptions were strongly positive in the components of presentation of lecturing material, learner characteristics, technology, lecturer’s characteristics support provision assessment and assignment and the learning experience optimization In conclusion, students' perceptions of the use of online learning in the Method of TEFL course were strongly positive.

Keywords

Method of TEFL, online learning, perception

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