Improving student mastery of multilanguage: The use of technology-based education program in Indonesian schools

By Nurrina Dyahpuspita

Background

• Globalization has many impacts in all parts of the country: Development of science, economics, and arts, including the development of technology.

• The development of technology enables the creation of a variety of sophisticated tools that can facilitate human learning.

• Globalization has overshadowed the use of the mother tongue in various regions.

• Students are required to master several languages to improve their competences(mother toungue,national language,international language or other foreign languages).

Globalization the existence and the use of ethnic minority languages

Support the mother tongue improve competencies of national language , and

international language acquisition.Using learning media: TV

Edukasi (Edu-TV)

Expert opinion:

“A communication, television is unique in its ability to bring many other sides into classroom. Every audio and visual tools that we have known can be carried by television, motion pictures, film strip, slide (particulary to provides setting for dramatic production), recording, drawings, maps, and countless other instructional device. Moreover, it gives school the opportunity to present fresh, original, creative illustration produced in the living present” (Hamalik, 1986:136).

Case: Implementation of educational television media in Junior High School 5, Malang, West

Java, Indonesia

No Name Pre test Pos test

1 Afif Indra K 8 -

2 Anik Dwi Ulfiyah 7,5 9

3 Ayu Endah Setyorini 9 9

4 Ade Dwi Putra 9 7

5 Pratama Setya A 9 10

6 Tikka Merdiana 9 9

Note: there are differences in the grades(score) obtained by the students at the pre test and post test. Pre test performed before using the media and the post test

performed after using the media.

Discussion

• The development of thechnology in globalization era runs very fast. It is possible by this development to integrate the technology into the class room practices in form of learning media.

• Learning media can be utilized by teachers to support the potential of students, including developing language skills. The programs can be developed, for example through the creation of a language laboratory or school broadcasting.

• Preparatory steps:1. Conduct a needs

analysis of materials2. Prepare the materials3. Explain the materials

using the media.

• Implementation steps:After the students watched the materials, teacher guides the students to have a discussion and then gives conclusions.

Some of the strengths of Edu-TV

1. Teachers and students can learn language lessons directly through broadcasting. Students can take turn to become the announcer (host) and the guestspeaker.

2. Teachers can be helped to present the real material that may not be brought into the classroom because of its size (too big / too small), geographic constraints (mountains, forests, rivers). Even teachers can be helped to acquire new information or knowledge that he did not get in college.

3. Students generally benefit from the breadth of the repertoire of knowledge or insight. Given the potential of television broadcasting that can be exploited for the sake of learning, then teachers should be able to make it a source of learning and integrate it into learning activities.

4. The use of recordings and broadcasts school education ( Edu-TV) can be used in all phases of teaching. Ranging from opening up the lesson to the evaluation of student learning outcomes.

5. Help both audio and visual learners. Since it presents the material both in pictures and sounds.

6. Slow learners can play back or repeat parts that have not been mastered. On the other hand, fast learners can move forward in accordance with the rate of their speed of learning.

WEAKNESSES1) Limitations of the materials

in media (broadcast recording materials).

2) The program cannot be repeated.

STRENGTHS1) Availability of instructional

media educational television.2) Availability of time to use

educational television media.3) Television can bring the real

world into the home and classes, such as people, places, and events, through direct broadcasting or recording.

Conclusions

• Media and learning are two interrelated things. The use of media and technology-based language learning should be appropriate for the characteristics of learning materials, approaches, methods, and techniques of learning. The use of appropriate media can help to acheive the language learning objectives.

• Utilizing Edu-TV in language classroom offers great potential because of its ability to cover a wide range of materials.

• Teachers can be helped to present the real material that may not be brought into the classroom because of its size (too big / too small), geographic constraints (mountains, forests, rivers). Even teachers can be helped to acquire new information or knowledge that he did not get in college.