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 Volume 9, Issue 3 (March 2022), Pages: 172-177

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Blended learning: A study on Tamil primary schools

 Author(s): Kartheges Ponniah 1, Franklin Thambi Jose 1, *, Ilangkumaran Sivanadhan 1, Muniswaran Kumar 1, Pooveneswaran Nadarajan 2, Aigul Akhmetova 3

 Affiliation(s):

 1Faculty of Languages and Communication, Sultan Idris Education University, Tanjung Malim, Malaysia
 2Language Centre, Sultan Idris Education University, Tanjung Malim, Malaysia
 3Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0907-8966

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.03.020

 Abstract:

This research was conducted to study the interest of blended learning among the students of Tamil primary schools and to identify the performance on the verse and figurative language (ceiyulum moziyaniyum). Primary schools including Tamil primary schools of Malaysia have implemented blended learning in their teaching and learning process. Both traditional and online learning are blended. Due to the implementation of blended learning in schools, the attitude of students changed and it became a powerful and effective tool for the students to learn. Many types of research on blended learning among primary school students and teachers have been carried out. According to these studies' findings, blended learning in primary schools both in traditional and online learning is essential. The impacts, effects, and environment are focused. Compared with these previous studies, the present study discusses and provides information about the interest and performance of blended learning in primary schools. Moreover, Tamil primary school students are focused on in this study. Further, the findings of this study show that students’ participation in blended learning and their performance are high even during pandemic days.  In this study, 4 different Tamil primary schools in Kedah State, Malaysia involved in blended learning were selected. Based on the objectives, the data were analyzed. The findings show that students’ participation in blended learning and their performance are high even during pandemic days. 

 © 2022 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Students, Tamil, School, Online, Blended learning

 Article History: Received 13 October 2021, Received in revised form 22 January 2022, Accepted 30 January 2022

 Acknowledgment 

This paper is based on the research project entitled ‘Penggunaan Frog VLE Dalam Pembelajaran dan Pemudahcaraan Thirukkural’. The authors would like to extend their gratitude to Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris for the University Research Grants (code: 2019-0062-107-01) which helped to fund this research.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Ponniah K, Jose FT, and Sivanadhan I et al. (2022). Blended learning: A study on Tamil primary schools. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(3): 172-177

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