STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE TOWARDS ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS IN A TOEIC PREPARATION CLASS

Dianita; Levita Dwinaya

Dianita Politeknik Pajajaran
Levita Dwinaya Institut Teknologi Nasional Bandung

Keywords: TOEIC, synchronous learning, asynchronous learning, online learning, TEFL/TESL, Students’ perspective, pandemic

Abstract

The globally spread Covid-19 pandemic has instantly changed the teaching and learning
process. This study captures students’ perspective towards asynchronous and synchronous teaching
and learning process in a TOEIC preparation program. The data gathered for the study were collected
through a questionnaire consisting of eight open ended questions, which were given to students of a
higher educational vocational institution in Bandung previously taking a one month TOEIC
preparation program. The result indicates that students involved in this study prefer asynchronous elearning
over synchronous because of the lack of infrastructure supports such as stable internet
connection and big internet quota. However, generally students have positive perspective towards the
use of both asynchronous and synchronous e-learning as those types of e-learning are proved to have
good impact on their learning.

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