Critical Study on Multimodality Perception in Higher Education Classroom

I Wayan Eka Dian Rahmanu,Lokman Altun,Ni Made Kariati

doi:10.31940/soshum.v10i3.2091

Abstract

The image and audiovisual have been applied to create an innovative strategy in the English language instructional, whereas the combination of this instrument and digital technology which is known as “multimodality” has not been explored widely. This study gauges higher education students’ perception of multimodality. There were 87 Polytechnic and 41 University students involved in this research. Digital questionnaires were employed and the data collection was elaborated descriptively. The UTAUT model (unified theory of acceptance and use of technology) was applied to measure students’ argument on the multimodality use. The result indicated that there is a positive trend in the use of multimodality in the classroom. Learners have a desire to use the combination of image, audiovisual and digital technology. This study extends our understanding of what the learners need from digital technology development and a significant chance to develop on the multimodality which fit for the higher education level.

Highlights

The establishment of digital technology towards the different education levels’ ability enhancement has been conducted for more than a decade (Tedre et al, 2010)
The UTAUT consists of performance expectancy (PE), effort expectancy (EE), social influence (SI), facilitating conditions (FC), behavioural intension (BI) and user behaviour (UB)
This study focused on the measurement of performance expectancy (PE) on the positive impact and the usefulness of the device and effort expectancy (EE) on ease of technology use and importance of use towards 87 Bali State Polytechnic and 41 of I Gusti Bagus Sugriwa State Hindu University students who learn English as a foreign language

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Introduction

The establishment of digital technology towards the different education levels’ ability enhancement has been conducted for more than a decade (Tedre et al, 2010). The role of digital tools assisting the learners is used in teaching and learning process to enrich the learning material during the language instructional. The traditional learning material utilization, such as image and audio emerged students’ eagerness in attending the learning process. The teacher uses images to lead students to understand the topic given. 2580-5622 introduction of the internet in the classroom as a learning instrument, the image and audio are accessed and prepared by the teacher. With the advancement of technology nowadays, multimodality plays a vital role in learning English as a foreign language

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