Predictors of Students' Satisfaction with a Hybrid English Course

Autor/in	Suwantarathip, Ornprapat
Titel	Predictors of Students' Satisfaction with a Hybrid English Course
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 20 (2019) 1, S.115-130, Artikel 7 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Suwantarathip, Ornprapat)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1302-6488
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Gender Differences; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Blended Learning; Teaching Methods; Private Colleges; Correlation; Positive Attitudes; Predictor Variables; Instructional Improvement; Course Descriptions; College Students; Computer Mediated Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Privathochschule; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Unterrichtsqualität; Kursstrukturplan; Collegestudent; Computerkonferenz
Abstract	Hybrid learning is becoming a crucial part of education in the 21st century. It is one of the most popular methods that has been accepted and used in many educational institutions all over the world. Therefore, hybrid learning was adopted in an intermediate English course at a private university in the first semester of the 2017 academic year. This paper studied the satisfaction with the hybrid course of 415 students who experienced a hybrid learning environment (online classes + face-to-face classes) and investigated factors which predicted their satisfaction. The instrument was a five-part questionnaire in a five-rating scale format. The results of the study revealed that the students' satisfaction with the hybrid course was at a high level. Although computer literacy, attitudes toward hybrid learning, perceptions of the instructor and perceptions of online learning showed positive correlations with students' satisfaction, these variables were not predictors of satisfaction. In the same vein, gender was not found to be a factor that impacted satisfaction. From this study, attitudes toward hybrid learning were the only one significant predictor for students' satisfaction with the course. The conclusion part addressed several issues for future course improvement. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01