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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of English conversation courses which employed on-line project homework along with off-line class activities with native English instructors. After 2 sections of beginners English conversation classes were taught for two semesters, questionnaires were administered to investigate the factors affected students’ satisfaction for the class and the online project homework activities. The findings of the study were: First, the off-line class with native speaker instructors and the project activities as homework assignments had a significant effect on the achievement and satisfaction for the class; second, the students’ efforts and positive affective factors significantly affected student achievement through project activities; and third, the students’ efforts, their perceived utility of the class, and their positive affective factors had a significant effect on achievement from the course. Pedagogical implications for beginners English conversation courses are suggested.