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