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Exploring students’ readiness on English language blended learning
Fazlinda Hamzah1, Soo, Yew Phong2, Mohd Azlan Shah Sharifudin3, Zainab Mohd Zain4, Mahdalela Rahim5.
Blended learning approach has gained popularity around the globe and blended English language
teaching has become a matter of considerable interest. Many higher education institutions have adopted the
approach, and this raised a question of readiness among the students involved. The study aimed at
investigating the students’ readiness on English language blended learning. A total of 137 students of
different courses from a public university in Melaka participated in the study. They were asked to answer
a questionnaire which involved five aspects to measure the students’ readiness on English language blended
learning such as technical abilities, technological accessibility, self-directed learning, attitude towards
traditional classroom setting and attitude towards blended classroom setting. Six students were then selected
to be involved in semi-structured interviews to identify students’ views on English language blended
learning. The study found out that students have low levels of readiness on English language blended
learning in which they scored 3.28 to 3.54 in attitude towards blended classroom settings compared to their
scores in attitude towards traditional classroom settings which are all above 4.00. The interviews revealed
the reasons behind the results obtained from the questionnaire and one of them is that they enjoy learning
English in a traditional classroom since face to face communication with their instructors allows them to
remember better as well as enables them to gain more in-depth understanding of a lesson.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Melaka Campus, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Melaka Campus, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Melaka Campus, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Melaka Campus, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Melaka Campus, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka, Malaysia, Malaysia
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