Non-English Major Students' Perceptions Towards TOEIC Online Learning and Testing
Keywords:
TOEIC preparation courses, online learning, online testingAbstract
Due to the pandemic, schools in Vietnam are currently closed, resulting in a substantial shift from face-to-face to e-learning, as well as significant educational modifications. Correspondingly, both learning and testing must be modified to fit the current COVID-19 outbreak, emerging the need to address students' perceptions on the usage of the aforementioned issues. This study was carried out to evaluate how students perceived online learning and testing in TOEIC preparation courses at a university in HCMC, as this issue has grown increasingly impossible to ignore. The data for this study, which involved 55 students, was collected using a case study with the employment of interviews and surveys. The findings revealed that while online learning aided students during the COVID-19 epidemic, students still encountered some obstacles due to diminished teacher-student interaction and technological challenges. Besides the advantages of TOEIC online testing during this outbreak, the complicated manipulation, cheating, and unstable internet connection were considered as the disadvantages of students. This paper is intended to serve as a resource for teachers who are in charge of TOEIC online courses as well as a vehicle for further studies.
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