A Preliminary Study of Implementing Personalized Learning Instruction in EFL Classroom

Benefits and Challenges

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10.2991/978-94-6463-376-4_29How to use a DOI?

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Challenges; Benefits; EFL; Online learning; Personalized learning instruction

Abstract

Digital technologies have been widely integrated into higher education as a vital learning aid, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, teachers must use digital tools to personalize learning to meet the fifth industrial revolution. However, implementing personalized learning instruction in EFL classrooms through the learning management system (LMS) has been questioned from the standpoint of undergraduate students. Thus, this preliminary study investigates the benefits and challenges of implementing personalized learning instruction in Indonesian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms in higher education. This study utilized three project-based activities facilitated by a learning management system: the QUEST (Question Understand Educate Solution Teach) Project, Playlist Project, and Genius Hour Project. The questionnaires, self-assessments, and reflections of 15 undergraduates in a fully online course were used to gather the data. This group represents an EFL instruction in Indonesian higher education. The notable study has demonstrated that personalized learning instruction methods provide EFL students with various benefits and challenges. Significant benefits from the three projects in this study include learning, skills, ability, thinking, mindset, and personality traits. Besides, EFL students found substantial challenges in time management, task/assignment submission, assistance in collaborative work, late feedback, technical problems, and instruction understanding. This research expands knowledge on the student-teacher dynamic in personalized online learning. Further studies could examine other perspectives, such as the teacher's perspective and the model development. Investigating different perspectives may contribute to more comprehensive findings and enhance learning outcomes in personalized learning.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ignasia Yuyun
AU  - Nenden Sri Lengkanawati
AU  - Ika Lestari Damayanti
AU  - Fazri Nur Yusuf
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/02/26
TI  - A Preliminary Study of Implementing Personalized Learning Instruction in EFL Classroom
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 215
EP  - 229
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-376-4_29
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-376-4_29
ID  - Yuyun2024
ER  -