The study aimed to investigate the perceptions of Taiwanese college student toward English courses using an online course management system (CMS).The literature suggested that Internet attitude had a great correlation with attitudes toward web-enhanced learning environment. Student perceptions were examined based on their language proficiency and the perceived amount of English used when considering the student Internet attitude. A questionnaire with both online and paper-and-pencil format was conducted. A total of 296 participants’ responses from ten higher education institutions in Taiwan were analyzed through a two-way ANCOVA. The examination of the assumption of regression slopes and correlation between student perception and Internet attitude (covariate) did not conform to the literature and indicated the inappropriateness of the covariate, so the covariate variable was suggested to be excluded. The data were analyzed through a two-way ANOVA.
The results of descriptive analysis revealed that student perception was positive and the online CMS was an advantageous and easy-to-use tool for English language learning. The ANOVA showed that there was no significant effect of student language proficiency and the perceived amount of English used on their perception toward English courses using online CMS. The findings implied that students perceptions showed no difference when students with various language competence and were from language environments with diverse amount of English used.
Additional findings associated with Internet attitude, items in perceptions scale, time spending in CMS, number of taken online courses, and reading language were discussed. Conclusion and recommendation for further study were addressed.