STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF VIDIO IN LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREGIN LANGUAGE DURING PANDEMIC

Muhammad Shabir,Chotrun Nada

doi:10.32832/english.v15i2.5538

Abstract

The research is aimed at exploring the students’ perception on the use of video in learning English language during pandemic. It deploys a qualitative research framework with the instrument used for data collection include, diary and interviews. The participants were a group of English students at a Junior High School in Bogor. The findings show that the students perceived the use of video as an engaging, motivating, and interesting media for their language learning. Their positive perception on the use of video is based on some advantages offered by the video that covers motivation, engagement, flexibility, and operability. The result also affirms video can facilitate students’ language learning during the current Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, it is suggested that using video is highly recommended in this situation where teaching and learning activities are required to be conducted online.

Highlights

Coronavirus disease which has become a pandemic in late 2019 demands teaching and learning activities to be carried out from home
The study has proved that the use of video in teaching and learning can significantly help students understand better of what they learning
The first is that video can increase students’ engagement in learning

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Introduction

Coronavirus disease which has become a pandemic in late 2019 demands teaching and learning activities to be carried out from home. Teachers and students in such situation are not suggested to conduct inclassroom activities because it can be categorized as a disruptive era (Blake, 2011). Relevant with (Siahaan, 2019) that the covid pandemic presents challenges both to the world of education in Indonesia where students and teachers are challenged to master technology and conduct online learning. Online learning is perceived as the utilization of internet in accessing materials; having interaction with contents, teachers, and others students; and gaining assistance in learning process to gain knowledge, make meaning, and progress through learning experience (Ally, 2008).

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