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Motivational types and transitions in students taking on-offline blended college English program

  • Modern English Education
  • Abbr : MEESO
  • 2011, 12(1), pp.126-156
  • Publisher : The Modern English Education Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > English Language and Literature > English Language Teaching

Kim, Tae-Young 1 김은주 2 Kim Heyoung 1

1중앙대학교
2한양여자대학

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ABSTRACT

This case study explores motivational changes of the students who took an online/offline blended college English course for one semester. 126 first-year undergraduate students participated in this course and completed two different sets of questionnaire on their motivational subcomponents, demotivational characteristics, and perceived self-confidence toward English speaking. Each lesson was designed based on the principle of task-based language teaching. In order to maximize the effect of speaking-focused offline tasks, before attending the offline classes, all participants were required to complete online self-study materials mostly on English listening,reading, vocabulary, and grammar. Data analyses indicated that students' motivation did not decrease and maintained after the completion of the semester-long college English course. Moreover, students' self-confidence toward English speaking increased in a statistically significant manner. This study implies that blended college English course is a promising alternative for maintaining students' English learning motivation by providing tailor-made scaffolding for each student while completing speakingenhanced online tasks.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.