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Exploring the effectiveness and students' perceptions of e-learning in English as second language (ESL) speaking classes amidst COVID-19

The COVID-19 outbreak quickly demonstrates the importance of adopting online education in teaching and learning. It has forced education systems worldwide to find alternatives to face-to-face interactions. Language instructors have made attempts to explore and utilise e-learning tools to enrich thei...

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Main Authors: Iziana Hani Ismail, Nur Anneliza Abd. Latip, Wardatul Akmam Din, Suyansah Swanto
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Language:English
English
Published: Global Academic Excellence 2021
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LB1025-1050.75 Teaching (Principles and practice)
PE1-3729 English
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32981/1/Exploring%20the%20effectiveness%20and%20students%27%20perceptions%20of%20e-learning%20in%20English%20as%20second%20language%20%28ESL%29%20speaking%20classes%20amidst%20COVID-19.pdf
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spelling my.ums.eprints.329812022-07-08T06:40:15Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32981/ Exploring the effectiveness and students' perceptions of e-learning in English as second language (ESL) speaking classes amidst COVID-19 Iziana Hani Ismail Nur Anneliza Abd. Latip Wardatul Akmam Din Suyansah Swanto LB1025-1050.75 Teaching (Principles and practice) PE1-3729 English The COVID-19 outbreak quickly demonstrates the importance of adopting online education in teaching and learning. It has forced education systems worldwide to find alternatives to face-to-face interactions. Language instructors have made attempts to explore and utilise e-learning tools to enrich their teaching and assist learners in improving their language learning. This paper, therefore, attempts to shed light on the effectiveness of adopting e-learning tools in ESL speaking class and their perception of it. Fifty-three preuniversity students from the Foundation Programme of the Preparatory Centre for Science and Technology were involved in this study. Data analysed in this paper were derived from a threaded online discussion via Dotstorming. The structured interview questions were carefully designed based on the objectives to elicit the students’ opinions on the topic of interest. To explore the effectiveness of e-learning in developing the students’ speaking skills, scores of Individual Speaking Assessment and Group Speaking Assessment of each student were collected. These assessments were marked based on the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) Speaking Rubric – Task Fulfilment, Language, and Communicative Ability. The findings show that the adoption of technology in ESL speaking classes improves the students’ speaking abilities. The thematic analysis also shows that the use of e-learning tools in language learning received positive feedbacks from the students, suggesting it would be a promising virtual platform to improve the student's confidence, knowledge, and language. Global Academic Excellence 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32981/1/Exploring%20the%20effectiveness%20and%20students%27%20perceptions%20of%20e-learning%20in%20English%20as%20second%20language%20%28ESL%29%20speaking%20classes%20amidst%20COVID-19.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32981/2/Exploring%20the%20effectiveness%20and%20students%27%20perceptions%20of%20e-learning%20in%20English%20as%20second%20language%20%28ESL%29%20speaking%20classes%20amidst%20COVID-19%20_ABSTRACT.pdf Iziana Hani Ismail and Nur Anneliza Abd. Latip and Wardatul Akmam Din and Suyansah Swanto (2021) Exploring the effectiveness and students' perceptions of e-learning in English as second language (ESL) speaking classes amidst COVID-19. Journal of Information System and Technology Management (JISTM), 6. pp. 95-107. ISSN 0128-1666 http://www.jistm.com/PDF/JISTM-2021-23-11-08.pdf https://doi.org/10.35631/JISTM.623008
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topic LB1025-1050.75 Teaching (Principles and practice)
PE1-3729 English
spellingShingle LB1025-1050.75 Teaching (Principles and practice)
PE1-3729 English
Iziana Hani Ismail
Nur Anneliza Abd. Latip
Wardatul Akmam Din
Suyansah Swanto
Exploring the effectiveness and students' perceptions of e-learning in English as second language (ESL) speaking classes amidst COVID-19
description The COVID-19 outbreak quickly demonstrates the importance of adopting online education in teaching and learning. It has forced education systems worldwide to find alternatives to face-to-face interactions. Language instructors have made attempts to explore and utilise e-learning tools to enrich their teaching and assist learners in improving their language learning. This paper, therefore, attempts to shed light on the effectiveness of adopting e-learning tools in ESL speaking class and their perception of it. Fifty-three preuniversity students from the Foundation Programme of the Preparatory Centre for Science and Technology were involved in this study. Data analysed in this paper were derived from a threaded online discussion via Dotstorming. The structured interview questions were carefully designed based on the objectives to elicit the students’ opinions on the topic of interest. To explore the effectiveness of e-learning in developing the students’ speaking skills, scores of Individual Speaking Assessment and Group Speaking Assessment of each student were collected. These assessments were marked based on the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) Speaking Rubric – Task Fulfilment, Language, and Communicative Ability. The findings show that the adoption of technology in ESL speaking classes improves the students’ speaking abilities. The thematic analysis also shows that the use of e-learning tools in language learning received positive feedbacks from the students, suggesting it would be a promising virtual platform to improve the student's confidence, knowledge, and language.
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author Iziana Hani Ismail
Nur Anneliza Abd. Latip
Wardatul Akmam Din
Suyansah Swanto
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Nur Anneliza Abd. Latip
Wardatul Akmam Din
Suyansah Swanto
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title Exploring the effectiveness and students' perceptions of e-learning in English as second language (ESL) speaking classes amidst COVID-19
title_short Exploring the effectiveness and students' perceptions of e-learning in English as second language (ESL) speaking classes amidst COVID-19
title_full Exploring the effectiveness and students' perceptions of e-learning in English as second language (ESL) speaking classes amidst COVID-19
title_fullStr Exploring the effectiveness and students' perceptions of e-learning in English as second language (ESL) speaking classes amidst COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the effectiveness and students' perceptions of e-learning in English as second language (ESL) speaking classes amidst COVID-19
title_sort exploring the effectiveness and students' perceptions of e-learning in english as second language (esl) speaking classes amidst covid-19
publisher Global Academic Excellence
publishDate 2021
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32981/1/Exploring%20the%20effectiveness%20and%20students%27%20perceptions%20of%20e-learning%20in%20English%20as%20second%20language%20%28ESL%29%20speaking%20classes%20amidst%20COVID-19.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32981/2/Exploring%20the%20effectiveness%20and%20students%27%20perceptions%20of%20e-learning%20in%20English%20as%20second%20language%20%28ESL%29%20speaking%20classes%20amidst%20COVID-19%20_ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32981/
http://www.jistm.com/PDF/JISTM-2021-23-11-08.pdf
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