Do You Prefer Online Learning to Offline Learning? EFL Students’ Voices
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- 10.2991/978-2-38476-078-7_30How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- EFL students; interaction; offline learning; online learning
- Abstract
The length of online learning causes the saturation and demotivation of EFL students from attending online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic that they have to join. Therefore, many of them shared their experiences of online learning and their preference for offline learning to attend. This study aims to gather information about EFL students’ learning preferences, either online or offline. Besides, it is also to know how EFL students see the differences between online and offline learning. A semi-structured interview focused on EFL students’ experiences and perceptions of online and offline learning. EFL students were asked to report and explain their choice. To gather the data, the interview was also recorded, transcribed, and analyzed to interpret the data. The results show that EFL students prefer offline learning to online learning. From the psychological aspect, EFL students feel more comfortable, easily focus on the materials taught by the teacher, confirm what they do not understand to the teacher directly, and actively participate in the classroom through learning activities designed by the teacher. Meanwhile, from the social aspect, offline learning enables students to communicate and interact intensively with others. The interaction built between teacher-student and student-student in the physical class is more optimal than online learning. The relationship between teacher and student can be shaped by having eye contact and being in touch during class. At the same time, the relationship between student and student can be built by knowing each other better and physically interacting with the others through some conversation they have. Besides, by attending the class, they would have a learning experience that helps them explore their learning ability and enhance their performance. Students, at this point, need not think about the internet connection, which invariably becomes a big issue in online learning. Internet networking cannot be neglected since it influences the success of online learning, particularly for students who live in a village with a poor internet connection. Through offline learning, student-teacher-peer interactions are also better than online learning. The awareness of giving simultaneous responses and the responsibility to participate actively in the classroom influences their learning performance.
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TY - CONF AU - Siti Aimah AU - Djamaluddin Darwis AU - Ooi Choon Meng AU - Bambang Purwanto AU - Muhimatul Ifadah PY - 2023 DA - 2023/06/26 TI - Do You Prefer Online Learning to Offline Learning? EFL Students’ Voices BT - Proceedings of the 1st Lawang Sewu International Symposium on Humanities and Social Sciences 2022 (LEWIS 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 300 EP - 308 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-078-7_30 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-078-7_30 ID - Aimah2023 ER -