A SURVEY ON THE USE OF OPEN ACCESS CENTER AS LEARNING RESOURCES AT THE FACULTY OF LETTERS SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
Daftar Isi:
- Language is an important tool of communication. English, as an International language has become a mass communication among people. People around the world study English. That is why innovative effort should be carried out to support English learning. One of those innovative efforts is Self-Access Center or Faculty of Letters entitled it as Open Access Center. This study aims to figure out learning style that the students employ toward the use of OAC as learning resource. This study also aims to identify learning resource finding activities that the students do in OAC as well as try to find out other facilities that are needed to be added to OAC. A questionnaires are distributed to gain the information. Respondents of the questionnaire are students of the Faculty of Letters from 2002-2006 that comprises of 42 students. Responses of the questionnaire are tabulated using simple numerical computation. Data analysis are then based on means of each variable and the maximum responses of the response on each item. Result of the study shows that; first, students with difference learning style use OAC as learning resources. They are students who are visuals, auditory, mixed of auditory and visual, as well as other learning style. Second, the most favourite learning resource activities that students do in OAC is dealt with Internet. Third, facilities that are needed to be added are up to date newspapers and magazine. Students also expect that the main focus of OAC is materials dealt with English at work.