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Reimagining Blended Learning Post-COVID-19: Insights from EFL Students’ Narratives Febrianto, Aziza Restu; Talenta, Pratama Irwin
Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Vol. 10 No. 1 (2025): January
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18196/ftl.v10i1.25234

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Background: During and after the COVID-19 pandemic, many academics and researchers in English Language Teaching (ELT) have studied a variety of issues faced in various types of online teaching and learning, including examining the efficacy of the Blended Learning (BL) approach as a result of the emergency remote and fully online learning or e-learning in response to the learning-from-home policy. Nevertheless, the researchers discovered that only a few studies employed a narrative inquiry method to explore students' perspectives, stories, and voices relating to their ways of learning during and after the pandemic. Objective: This study helped the researchers better understand the challenges students faced and the adjustments they made, providing unique insights that other methods might miss. Methods: This study addresses that gap by examining the stories and views of nine EFL students from three Indonesian universities who experienced various learning modes during and after the pandemic, including face-to-face, fully online, and blended classes. The students were requested to share their experiences and viewpoints about the BL approach through open-ended questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The methods and tools from the narrative analysis were then employed to analyze the gathered stories and responses. Findings: The findings indicate that while most students supported BL using appropriate online tools, their understanding of the approach varied, emphasizing the need for specific conditions for its successful implementation.   Conclusion: This study contributes to the understanding of the approach variations of BL.
Reimagining Blended Learning Post-COVID-19: Insights from EFL Students’ Narratives Febrianto, Aziza Restu; Talenta, Pratama Irwin
Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Vol. 10 No. 1 (2025): January
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18196/ftl.v10i1.25234

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Background: During and after the COVID-19 pandemic, many academics and researchers in English Language Teaching (ELT) have studied a variety of issues faced in various types of online teaching and learning, including examining the efficacy of the Blended Learning (BL) approach as a result of the emergency remote and fully online learning or e-learning in response to the learning-from-home policy. Nevertheless, the researchers discovered that only a few studies employed a narrative inquiry method to explore students' perspectives, stories, and voices relating to their ways of learning during and after the pandemic. Objective: This study helped the researchers better understand the challenges students faced and the adjustments they made, providing unique insights that other methods might miss. Methods: This study addresses that gap by examining the stories and views of nine EFL students from three Indonesian universities who experienced various learning modes during and after the pandemic, including face-to-face, fully online, and blended classes. The students were requested to share their experiences and viewpoints about the BL approach through open-ended questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The methods and tools from the narrative analysis were then employed to analyze the gathered stories and responses. Findings: The findings indicate that while most students supported BL using appropriate online tools, their understanding of the approach varied, emphasizing the need for specific conditions for its successful implementation.   Conclusion: This study contributes to the understanding of the approach variations of BL.
Digitalization in Reading Classroom: How University Students View Digital Texts? Nurjanah, Ratih Laily; Talenta, Pratama Irwin
Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Vol. 10 No. 2 (2025): July
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18196/ftl.v10i2.26814

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Background: The implementation of digital texts in classrooms can be helpful yet coming with some issues faced by the students. The research gap targeted by this paper is related to how students view digital texts in terms of the implementation and how digital texts influence their reading comprehension. Objective: This paper aims to present how students perceived the use of digital text in a reading classroom. Methods: It was a case study involving 40 students of 4th semester as the respondents selected with purposive sampling technique to fill out a questionnaire distributed by the lecturer. 20 students of them were selected with snowball sampling as the respondents of interview.  The responses were analyzed with thematic analysis approach. Findings: The findings revealed that using digital texts mostly can be enjoyable for students since it is easy for them to bring the text in their smartphones though it comes with several problems such as eyes fatigue. It also revealed that students’ comprehension skill was not significantly helped by digital texts. Conclusion: The implication is presenting insights on how to manage the use of digital texts based on students’ perceptions.