Research Paper
Year: 2019 | Month: February | Volume: 6 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 259-265
Students’ Perception on the Effectiveness of Blended Learning: Efforts in the Mastery of English
Indah Sari
University of Pembangunan Panca Budi, Medan, North Sumatera, IndonesiaABSTRACT
Blended learning is a combination (or combinations) of face-to-face learning processes using the online English learning applications. Learning English should develop and integrate with technology advancements in the current era of digitalization. The purpose of this study was to analyze the perceptions of students when they try to master English using blended learning. The subjects in the study were 100 students of semester 1 in academic year 2018/2019, majoring in management and accountancy at the Faculty of Economy, University of Pembangunan Panca Budi. The research was qualitative using questionnaires as the instruments and the data analysis techniques involved descriptive. The results showed that blended learning would be more effective if there were available more face-to-face methods, compared to the online systems supported by a relatively small proportion of students so that the learning environment would be more comfortable; moreover, they more freely ask for questions and discuss the materials by themselves. This application greatly helped the process of learning English, but the application only became the supporting media, not the subject of learning, because such application had many obstacles and weaknesses, such as, the availability of internet networks and application systems did not support and there is no social interaction among students and between students and lecturers.
Key words: Perception, Effectiveness, Blended Learning, English
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