A STUDY ON THE EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS IN BLENDED INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING IN AN ENGLISH PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate the experiences of the students and instructors onblended language instruction and learning applied in an English Preparatory School in a stateuniversity. For this purpose, we have a mixed method, the explanatory sequential researchdesign study. The participants were 400 students and 100 instructors. For data collection, bothqualitative and quantitative research tools were used, and the data were collected through twoquestionnaires, one for students and the other for instructors to get the views of students andinstructors with regards to blended learning. Additionally, for in-depth investigation, semistructured interviews were conducted with both students and instructors. Our findings revealedthat students had both positive and negative views towards the blended instruction/learning;some students reported that they were content with the idea but not the practice. On the otherhand, the majority of instructors expressed positive opinions regarding the idea and theimplementation of the blended instruction. While blended learning has the potential to reshapewhole language teaching of the future, grounding this way of teaching onto contemporarypedagogical principles is critically important.