Teaching Basic French Language Online

The aim of this paper is to share and discuss the importance of integrating learning theories, learning strategies and multimedia elements when offering learning language online. The discussion will be about students’ perception or view and teacher towards this approach. The method applied in this study is quasi-experimental design. Subjects or respondents are composed of three French teachers and 56 students of diploma in Engineering Technology in a Private Technical University of Malaysia. In this study, students were divided into two separate groups, a total of 28 people whose attended the Basic French subjects by learning the subject online (as developed) while 28 other students from different classes have learnt the basic French language in the conventional way. In this study, seven instruments were used for achieving the said objectives. The findings were analyzed by using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) software version 17.5 and descriptive and inferential statistics were used to answer the purpose of this study. The findings showed that this Basic French online has applied learning theories, strategies in learning and multimedia elements in it.