A SURVEY ON SATISFACTION, ATTITUDES AND THE PROGRESS OF ENGLISH COMMUNICATION IN THE POST WORLDWIDE TALK-MY-WAY ONLINE AMONG E-LEARNERS

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Clair Nash
Prakob Chaibuntan
Conie G Amador

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The objectives of this survey were to locate satisfaction, attitude and speaking progress of trainees about Online Learning of English Worldwide Talk My Way organized during April 20-May 26, 2022 in Buddhapanya Sri Thawarawadee Buddhist College, MCURK. 50 trainees were respondents and 3 non-participatory observers were interviewed. Statistical applications were frequencies, percentages, means, SDs and content validity analyses. After 4-day training, results revealed that majority favored online course, and wanted its continuity. The post online survey showed that 86.20% favored and were optimistic with the online course objectives, particularly the Objective IV (88. 40%) - to exploit English speaking skills in consistently launching public relations about the College activities. 84.60% highly favored and were optimistic about training activities. The highest one (86.20%) was on Day VIII activities in developing and training on future planning, targeting and actualizing dreams. However, Day V activities about conversing routine life scored the lowest percentage (83.20%) because trainees were likely reserved to speaking about their privacy whereas 84.11% strongly agreed their English speaking skills improved. Prime recommendations were levels of knowledge and degrees of applicants should be categorized to avoid discriminating proficiency and time-waste in conversation including online course should be ongoing.

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