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use of MOODLE as the instruments and inherently would lead to different understanding, beliefs, feeling, and actions.
The research will only focus on the lived experience of the participants which is a student in writing 3 classes in the academic year of 2011-2012, and the
number of the participants is limited to three students. It is hoped that the limited number of participants that has similar background and competences will provide
maximum feedback and consequently provide a thick description of their experiences.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
This research employs qualitative inquiry and as such, the researcher will investigate and describe the participants lived experience, where individual and
shared experience of the participants becomes the focal point of the discussion. In order to seek the participants lived experience in learning writing text types using
MOODLE as instrument a research questions was formulated as follows What is the students lived experience in learning writing text types with MOODLE look
like?
1.5 RESEARCH GOALS
As previously mentioned this research was conducted in order to find and describe the participants lived experience in learning writing text types with a
unique learning model that incorporate a form of learning management systems under the name MOODLE. In practical level however, the research objectives is
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to provide descriptions such as 1 to reveal how the teaching and learning process in writing text types 2 to discover the implementation of an open source learning
management system in college of an EFL context 3 to discover the changes of paradigms that could lead to the changing feeling and behavior or attitudes in
classroom.
1.6 RESEARCH BENEFITS
This research intends to describe and interpret students lived experience in learning writing text types based on genre based approach and incorporate unique
learning management system with overall internet technology. This study provides thorough scientific information using lived experience in relation to the
use MOODLE as a learning management system with various features in the education field as a method to improve the understanding of learning writing.
Hopefully, this research will be able to serve as a foundation that will generate other ideas of research in this field, and thus will enrich the development of
MOODLE as a software and teaching practices in general This study also provides practical benefits for the researcher, the
participants, and the stakeholder of various organizations. First and foremost as a researcher, this study has enriched my overall knowledge of the practical world in
particular in the context of learning writing text types in English Letters department in the hope that one day if the researcher face the same or similar
environment he can truly function and contribute in the academic society, secondly this research has enrich my pre understanding of the topic under
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discussion that is the lived experience of the participants. This knowledge will be the foundation or a stepping stone in further related research inquiries so that one
day the researcher can self actualize better based on the ideals of oneself and in the academic society.
For the participants of this research, it is with my great belief that they will get a better understanding on the materials that they learn during their study. By
having been interviewed numerous times and at long hours in English and they get to practice their English more frequently in a more serious mode. Furthermore,
the questions given to them was a semi-structured and revolved around text types, consequently it has given them the opportunity to elaborate their ideas more freely
and also to be exposed even more about text types gives them the edge in their study.
For the stakeholders such as English teachers either in school or in college, I belief that this thesis could serve as a model in the application of a learning
management system to keep pace with educational demand. The result of this study could be the entry point to continue developing effective learning model for
their student.
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CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
