Statement of the Problem
Online learning has roots in the tradition of distance education, With the potential for reaching learners
around the world increasing greatly, today’s online learning offers rich educational resources in multiple
media formats and can support synchronous and asynchronous communication between teachers and
students. According to appropriate students online courses should be able to prioritize work, balance the
demands of online coursework with other activities, have the ability to work independently, approach
online courses with the same commitment and motivation as face-to-face classes. The basis of effective
online learning is comparable to the foundation of effective learning in general. Effective online
instruction depends on learning experiences appropriately designed and facilitated by knowledgeable
educators. Learning online can be especially challenging because students need to simultaneously learn
both the course content and how to learn online although, students can assist each other in the
development of skills, and knowledge with or without the teacher’s direction. In a face-to-face classroom,
an engaging environment needs to be established early, consistently maintained, and sustained through
positive interactions that build trust and promote student involvement in higher-level. A common element
for learning in a typical classroom environment is the social and communicative interactions between
student and teacher, and student and student. Teachers focus on creating an environment in which all
students feel a sense of belonging, but the question persists as to what that looks like in an online
environment. Most studies of online have focused on their technical aspects, neglecting the importance of
students’ perceptions. Argued that the growth in online education should prompt more research that
addresses students’ satisfaction with online instruction. There has been a lack of recent studies to address
these concerns. To understand the potential for educational productivity offered by online learning
opportunities it is necessary to look at the pedagogical and practical affordances through which
productivity gains might be realized. Online learning is often suggested as a means for improving
educational outcomes, expanding access at lower costs conventional approaches or allowing talented
teachers to focus on what they do best by automating or offloading more routine tasks. Much of the
research on Tiw Community College online learning reports the steady growth and focuses on benefits,
challenges, and broad effectiveness online learning programs have evolved and grown over the past
decade, the amount of published research on virtual schools or online learning is limited.
Scope and Delimitation
The COVID-19 pandemic urges government officials to implement extreme protocols such as
lockdowns that lead to the closure of establishments and schools to limit or control its
transmission. As a result, they cease the face-to-face classes and resort to the establishment of
distance learning. Face-to-face classes are the traditional form where there is a physical
interaction with the students and teachers. Distance learning is an alternative form where
students and teachers do not meet physically, and learning commences through self-directed
learning from online or through modular. These forms of learning are similar in some ways but
still contain differences that define them from each other.
Face-to-face classes and distance learning, specifically the modular, are forms of education that
involve both students and teachers that gauge the knowledge acquired by students. It also
portrays the willingness of the students to learn and improve as they engage with the learning
activities given. Both forms may test the attention span of students to learning, especially those
who can be easily distracted, wherein for face-to-face classes, the students may be subjected to a
lot of distractions from their peers, while for modular, the presence of gadgets and other
activities may distract them from studying. For the differences, the face-to-face classes use two-
way learning where there is a live interaction between students and teachers with ease in the
communication. Furthermore, it is structured as there is a scheduled time for each subject to
attend and follow; therefore, there is uniformity with their pacing. Modular distance learning, on
the other hand, utilizes one-way learning and is more flexible. The students have the freedom to
choose which time they prefer to do and accomplish their modules, as they are readily available
anytime but with a specific deadline to meet. However, teachers cannot attend promptly to the
questions, and they hardly communicate with each other. In conclusion, face-to-face classes and
modular distance learning can be beneficial to the students and the teachers. Their similarities
mainly focus on the learnings or the knowledge acquired, while the differences emphasize their
pros and cons towards the ways of executing them. Either way, as long as the students get to
learn and improve, any of the two will do. Its effectiveness and efficiency will always depend on
the willingness of the students to learn.
Significance of the Study
Significance of the Study The writer really expects that this study will be useful and can give
contribution to some parties, as follow:
They can use this strategy as one of the ways to increase students’ comprehension in reading
skill. It encourages the teachers to develop their creativity and useful as a reference for face to
face to apply in the class sand help the teachers to create the situation to be more active and
interesting. For the students, the use of this strategy in the teaching and learning process will
surely attract the students’ attention to study. The students are motivated to read as they get new
information from the text given. Moreover, their vocabulary mastery will be increased as a result
the students’ English reading comprehension is improved. For the researcher, this research can
enlarge her knowledge, get some expreriences, and it is expected to be one of the references in
teaching reading comprehension to the students. It can be applied when she becomes a teacher in
the future. This research also would be benefit to the other researchers who want to have further
study on reading activities. For the school, the outcome of this reseach is expected to be source
of information for the school to improve teaching techniques in encouraging students’ reading
comprehension in This study will be very beneficial to the teachers and general education
especially to the teachers who are still newbie in the teaching profession. Through this research,
teachers may purposefully discover how classroom management is conducive to learning.
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