Interest and confidence in the course
Participants have expressed their interest in enrolling the online course as personal interest or out of curiosity while others have taken the course as part of their subject requirement in their curriculum. While most are just first-timers in an online course, it can be interpreted from their answers that they are confident in the course they are taking because of familiarity of some Indonesian terms to Philippine language. Also, based on their pre-test scores, while there are participants who got scores as low as five, there are others, too, whose scores are above the median score of 50.
“I learned that Indonesian language is as colorful as ours. They have variety of languages and things can be said in more ways than one.”- P6
Some participants who were hesitant at first have changed their perspective after they have experienced being in the FBICC. Mary changed her perception attending few sessions in FBICC. Positive motivation are the positive traits of their Instructors and classmates, plus their added interest in the language and culture after they have been exposed through their classes and virtual tours.
“I was actually hesitant at first if I will enrol in this class or not because I’ve never been into an online class before and I was a little nervous because I don’t really know the people in that class especially that they’re from other countries. But then when I finally enrolled and attended some of our class sessions, it was kind a fun and interesting learning other people’s culture.” – P1 “After enrolling in FBICC, I realized that it is not bad to enrol to some international programs at all. You get to know what other countries look like, their language and culture.”-P7 “I’ve met different people, and through this online learning I’ve met a new friend.”-P3