UniKL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING USING ICT AS LEARNING TOOLS TO LEARN ENGLISH

Blended synchronous learning is not new and higher education is not exceptional. It has been used widely by teachers all over the world. However, recently, due to the Covid 19 pandemic, teachers and educators are forced to fully use synchronous learning and e-learning to continue teaching and learning process, including Universiti of Kuala Lumpur (UniKL). Nonetheless, it is important to know the students’ perception on the use of ICT learning tools such as Zoom Cloud Meeting, Microsoft Teams and VLE as a medium to conduct synchronous learning. Therefore, the purpose of this study us to investigate the students’ perception on synchronous learning using ICT tools to learn English. 250 students were selected to participate in this study. The findings indicate that students perceive online learning using ICT tools as beneficial. However, the students also believe that online synchronous learning is not as effective as traditional classes.