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Name of Supervisor : Madam Yasmin binti Hanafi Zaid
Date : 13 May 2011
STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS OF E-LEARNING AS A PLATFORM FOR ESL
LEARNING
Faculty of Education
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
MAY 2011
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Signature : ....................................................
Name : Nurul Nadia binti Haron
Date : 13 May 2011
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Infinite praises to Allah and with His blessing, I was able to complete this
research as a fulfillment of the Bachelor of Science with Education (TESL) degree.
My deepest appreciation goes to Madam Yasmin binti Hanafi Zaid whom I
really respect for becoming my supervisor for this final year project as well as for
being so ready in guiding me through this research. Your insights have helped a lot.
At the same time, I am very thankful to the staffs of the Faculty of Education
for the patience in providing me data for my research.
I would also like to express my thanks to all my friends who have supported
me, helping me directly in the progress of this research and constantly providing me
with moral support all along. I am really grateful to have you by my side all these
while. Without them, I would not have been able to complete this report on time.
Last but not least, my greatest appreciation to everyone who has been
involved in this research even by coincidence. May Allah bless all of you.
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRAK
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
ABSTRACT v
ABSTRAK vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
LIST OF TABLES xi
LIST OF FIGURES xii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xiii
LIST OF APPENDICES xiv
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background of the Study 1
1.9 Summary 9
2 LITERATURE REVIEW 10
2.1 Foundations of Educational Theories 10
2.11 Summary 26
3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 27
3.1 Research Design 27
3.6 Summary 31
4.1.1 Courses 33
4.1.5 Discussion 34
5.4 Recommendations 58
5.5 Conclusion 59
REFERENCES 61
A QUESTIONNAIRE SET 65
B TABLE FOR DETERMINING SAMPLE SIZE FROM A 70
GIVEN POPULATION
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LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
LIST OF APPENDICES
A Questionnaire Set 65
B Table for Determining Sample Size From A Given Population 70
C Final Year Students Of Faculty Of Education According To Courses 71
D Respondents According To Courses 72
E MUET Results of the Respondents 73
F Parents' Educational Background 74
G Language Use at Home 75
H Students' Perceptions on E-learning 76
CHAPTER 1
1 INTRODUCTION
educating the students. Some of the examples are project-based, web-based and
online-based learning. All of these approaches are either student-centred, where the
students have to do self-access learning, or teacher-centred, where the teacher plays
the role in giving the knowledge. As for the approach of online-based learning, the
teacher only acts as an instructor of the language subject by guiding the students to
look for information on the Internet. Hence, the teacher will not become the main
source of knowledge anymore because the role is being replaced with the
instructional technology. Students do not have to depend much on their teacher
anymore since they can look for any information by browsing through the Internet in
a split second. There will be no traditional approach in the future as we are moving
towards the innovation of instructional technology approach. Most of the learning
tasks will be completed by using the help of the technology. This can be proven by
looking at todays situation where many schools are having their own website in
order to share information with the students faster.
Along with this, the E-learning is becoming a trend in the higher institutions
as an alternative approach to the traditional classroom method. All course contents,
communication and support given to the students are online-based. It is a way to
overcome physical distance and bring people closer together by carrying out the
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textual and graphics channel which leads to the practice of language and towards the
end, the students will be able to learn the language naturally. Consequently, the
students should grab this opportunity to use E-learning as a platform for them in
improving their English language.
However, not many people are maximizing the usage of the online learning
eventhough the information technology in Malaysia has spread widely. It is not easy
to create public awareness regarding this issue.
The main focus of this study is to find out the students perceptions of E-
learning as an aid for them to learn English language. There are five objectives
related to this study:
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Based on the objectives of the study stated above, five research questions
were developed:
This study was carried out to create awareness among students regarding the
importance of using English on E-learning for their language learning. The result of
the study will hopefully provide and strengthen the evidence that the usage of E-
learning does promote English learning. Therefore, the findings is hoped to help