Personalized Learning in Teaching English as Foreign Language: Limiting the Challenges, Increasing Its Effectiveness

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10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_2How to use a DOI?

Keywords

language teaching; learning autonomy; personalized learning; self-paced learning

Abstract

Personalized learning is a teaching model that focuses on learning outcomes, voluntary learning, and the concept of autonomy learning. The basic idea of this is the individuality of each student and the active activity. This study aims to find out why lecturers apply specific methods to individualize their teaching and the advantages and disadvantages of the methods. This research is conducted qualitatively as a study focusing on the experiences of English lecturers regarding the implementation of personalized learning. The data were collected by analyzing the questionnaires filled by the lecturers. The lecturers who participated in this study had a positive attitude toward the personalized learning model. According to them, this model accommodated both fast and slow students and increased the students’ responsibility. This study also reveals the importance of choosing the suitable teaching method for each personalized learning session. However, for several students, lack of motivation became the main problem for this model. While for the teachers, the focus challenges were a lack of knowledge and experience in conducting this model. How lecturers overcome the challenges and increase the effectiveness of implementing this model is also discussed.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Agnes Herawati
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/05/18
TI  - Personalized Learning in Teaching English as Foreign Language: Limiting the Challenges, Increasing Its Effectiveness
BT  - Proceedings of the 20th AsiaTEFL-68th TEFLIN-5th iNELTAL Conference (ASIATEFL 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 3
EP  - 12
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_2
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_2
ID  - Herawati2023
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