A Descriptive Study Of "Sekolah TOEFL" As Massiver Open Online Course (MOOC)

Khoirudin, Afif (2019) A Descriptive Study Of "Sekolah TOEFL" As Massiver Open Online Course (MOOC). Undergraduate (S1) thesis, UIN Walisongo.

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Abstract

Massive open online course (MOOC) is a free and online course which can accommodate huge participants to learn certain preferable materials included TOEFL. Since TOEFL plays a crucial role, many people want to get its certificate for getting an international scholarship program or a proper job. In this study, the researcher conducted a research on “Sekolah TOEFL”, a MOOC focuses on TOEFL. There are two objectives of this research: to explain how “Sekolah TOEFL” conduct its learning process and test as MOOC and to figure out the strengths and the weaknesses of “Sekolah TOEFL” as MOOC based on its participants’ perception. This research was a descriptive qualitative, which used three methods of collecting data: interview, questionnaire, and documentation. Regarding the research findings, “Sekolah TOEFL” used three platforms as MOOC: Facebook, Whatsapp, and website. There were two main sources of materials used there: handbook of TOEFL and pictures of questions of the day (QOTD). For the test, they conducted a TOEFL PBT test five times for each period. The participants who got a TOEFL score of 500 or more for their last test were given certificate. Based on participants’ perception, strengths and weaknesses of “Sekolah TOEFL” were found. The strengths were like “Sekolah TOEFL” was able to improve participants’ motivations and enthusiasm to learn TOEFL and to increase their TOEFL score. Meanwhile, the weaknesses were like lack of intents interaction within the course and lack of tutor explanation and feedback. There are two recommendations from the researcher. First, English learners should take more advantage of English MOOC especially TOEFL to improve their English proficiency specifically TOEFL. Second, English teachers or lectures should design an English MOOC and collaborate it with the learning process in the classroom to get better result of English language learning.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate (S1))
Uncontrolled Keywords: MOOC; Perception; “Sekolah TOEFL”; TOEFL PBT
Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 370 Education
Divisions: Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan > 88203 - Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Fuad Hasyim
Date Deposited: 09 Mar 2020 08:15
Last Modified: 09 Mar 2020 08:15
URI: https://eprints.walisongo.ac.id/id/eprint/10902

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