Hesty Widiastuty
IAIN Palangka Raya, Indonesia

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EXPLORING EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE USE OF MOOC AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA IN ONLINE CLASSES Hairatul Hasanah; Akhmad Ali Mirza; Hesty Widiastuty
PROJECT (Professional Journal of English Education) Vol 6, No 2 (2023): VOLUME 6 NUMBER 2, MARCH 2023
Publisher : IKIP Siliwangi

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Many media have been used for online learning and are familiar because during the pandemic schools and campuses around the world carry out online learning. Therefore, the use of online media in the form of websites and Apps in online learning is very important. Instructional media used in teaching will affect students both in terms of effectiveness in online learning and in terms of student understanding of a lesson. This study aimed to determine EFL students' perceptions on the use of MOOC as an instructional media online in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) classes for students of the English Education Study Program at the IAIN Palangka Raya. This research used quantitative methods with survey research as the design. The population of this research was students of the English Study Program of 2018 who have carried out online classes for 1 semester in ESP courses at IAIN Palangka Raya. The instrument of this research was a questionnaire that was formed in the form of a Likert Scale. The researcher used a purposive sampling technique with several sample criteria. A total of 57 students answered the questionnaire in order to complete the research objectives. Data analysis was performed by calculating the data using the SPSS formula (Mean, Median, Mode, and Standard Deviation). The research findings indicated that MOOC can be good as instructional media online in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) classes, especially for EFL students with the final result of the questionnaire which consists of 16 items was 73%, and belongs to the positive or Agree category. Keywords:  Perceptions; MOOC; Online Classes
A STUDY ON EFL STUDENTS’ WRITING ANXIETY (A CASE STUDY OF THE INDONESIAN STUDENTS) Ari Rahmad Nawawi; Rahmadi Nirwanto; Hesty Widiastuty
PROJECT (Professional Journal of English Education) Vol. 7 No. 1 (2024): VOLUME 7 NUMBER 1, JANUARY 2024
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This research aimed at investigating (i) internal factors; (ii) external factors which affect students’ writing anxiety in English language learning. Qualitative research method was used to gain the data from participants. The participants were 20 students of English education study program of a State Islamic Institute in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia who have already passed Academic Writing Course. The researchers adopt non probability sampling, namely, purposive sampling in recruiting participants. The data were collected through structured and unstructured interviews and data were analyzed through content analysis. The findings indicate that the internal factors include lack of experiences in writing process; external factors include time pressure, ways of evaluation, and linguistic difficulties. Internal factors and external factors in this research become the reasons why students feel anxious in the writing process especially in English language learning.