A blended approach in teaching an EAP course: Malaysian instructors’ perceptions of the new course materials

This paper reports on a study which examines instructors’ perceptions of the new commercial course materials that comprises a course book and online practice reinforcement activities. The materials were used to teach undergraduate English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course for Social Sciences at a M...

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Main Authors:	Wong, Fook Fei, Thang, Siew Ming, Hafizah Latif, Mohd Sallehhudin Abd. Aziz, Noorizah Mohd Noor
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Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2012
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5564/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5564/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5564/1/18_3_10_Fei.pdf

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spelling	ukm-55642016-12-14T06:38:49Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5564/ A blended approach in teaching an EAP course: Malaysian instructors’ perceptions of the new course materials Wong, Fook Fei Thang, Siew Ming Hafizah Latif, Mohd Sallehhudin Abd. Aziz, Noorizah Mohd Noor, This paper reports on a study which examines instructors’ perceptions of the new commercial course materials that comprises a course book and online practice reinforcement activities. The materials were used to teach undergraduate English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course for Social Sciences at a Malaysian public university. This represents the main facet of the blended approach introduced when the course was redesigned. The sample comprises ten instructors who taught the course for one semester. Three qualitative instruments were utilized to elicit data namely, instructor-researcher reflective notes, focus group discussion and one-to-one interviews. The results of the study were generally positive, however, two main concerns were raised. The first was regarding the difficulty level of the reading comprehension activities in the course book which majority of the instructors felt were too simple and not challenging enough for their students. The second was on internet connectivity to the online practice website which the instructors felt was too slow and was unable to support the students efficiently. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of the findings and provides suggestions for the next cycle of the research Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5564/1/18_3_10_Fei.pdf Wong, Fook Fei and Thang, Siew Ming and Hafizah Latif, and Mohd Sallehhudin Abd. Aziz, and Noorizah Mohd Noor, (2012) A blended approach in teaching an EAP course: Malaysian instructors’ perceptions of the new course materials. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 18 (3). pp. 103-117. ISSN 0128-5157 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/3L/3LHome.html
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description	This paper reports on a study which examines instructors’ perceptions of the new commercial course materials that comprises a course book and online practice reinforcement activities. The materials were used to teach undergraduate English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course for Social Sciences at a Malaysian public university. This represents the main facet of the blended approach introduced when the course was redesigned. The sample comprises ten instructors who taught the course for one semester. Three qualitative instruments were utilized to elicit data namely, instructor-researcher reflective notes, focus group discussion and one-to-one interviews. The results of the study were generally positive, however, two main concerns were raised. The first was regarding the difficulty level of the reading comprehension activities in the course book which majority of the instructors felt were too simple and not challenging enough for their students. The second was on internet connectivity to the online practice website which the instructors felt was too slow and was unable to support the students efficiently. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of the findings and provides suggestions for the next cycle of the research
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author	Wong, Fook Fei Thang, Siew Ming Hafizah Latif, Mohd Sallehhudin Abd. Aziz, Noorizah Mohd Noor,
spellingShingle	Wong, Fook Fei Thang, Siew Ming Hafizah Latif, Mohd Sallehhudin Abd. Aziz, Noorizah Mohd Noor, A blended approach in teaching an EAP course: Malaysian instructors’ perceptions of the new course materials
author_facet	Wong, Fook Fei Thang, Siew Ming Hafizah Latif, Mohd Sallehhudin Abd. Aziz, Noorizah Mohd Noor,
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title	A blended approach in teaching an EAP course: Malaysian instructors’ perceptions of the new course materials
title_short	A blended approach in teaching an EAP course: Malaysian instructors’ perceptions of the new course materials
title_full	A blended approach in teaching an EAP course: Malaysian instructors’ perceptions of the new course materials
title_fullStr	A blended approach in teaching an EAP course: Malaysian instructors’ perceptions of the new course materials
title_full_unstemmed	A blended approach in teaching an EAP course: Malaysian instructors’ perceptions of the new course materials
title_sort	blended approach in teaching an eap course: malaysian instructors’ perceptions of the new course materials
publisher	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
publishDate	2012
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5564/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5564/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5564/1/18_3_10_Fei.pdf
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A blended approach in teaching an EAP course: Malaysian instructors’ perceptions of the new course materials

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