VIEWS OF ONLINE EDUCATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ENGLISH STUDIES.

Abstract

The purposes of the study were to study the opinions on learning English from online sources, and to improve learning methods for English through the use of the internet, to create a guideline for policy development. The research sample, selected by volunteer sampling technique, comprised of 7 internship students English education major, Faculty of Education, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University. They were selected regarding their status as five-year curriculum student teachers with the knowledge of five year curriculum and their maturity. The data collection used a semi-structured interview which cover four main questions: First, have you ever used online courses to learn English?. Second, what level would you place your ability to use English for communication?. Third, does the online course help develop your skills? (listening, speaking, reading and writing skills) and fourth, does the online course help improve school evaluations? and how? It was found that online education can be beneficial to everyone. It helps students learn independently because student can learn anywhere and anytime they want, without having a need to be in a traditional classroom. With this, guidelines to create policies for online education can be made. Online courses can be made into supplements to traditional courses and can also help those in inconvenient situations learn without having to enter a traditional class.