Critical Reading #1

 Hanindhiefa Nurul Annisa

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TEACHING VOCABULARY USING DIGITAL MEDIA DURING COVID19 PANDEMIC
Al Idris Saichun Nizar
al.idris.saichun.nizar@gmail.com
Universitas Islam Malang
(http://riset.unisma.ac.id/index.php/jp3/article/view/2939/2680)

This research will be conducted at Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. The topic taken in this research is how the lecturer teaches vocabulary in the secondsemester students of the English Department of University of Islam Malang. The instruments used in this research are interview and observation. Because teaching activity is online-based, the researchers took online classes to do the observation.

The researcher took data that focused on how the teacher taught English vocabulary. In terms of strategies used by teacher in teaching vocabulary, the researcher obtained the data from interview, the researcher asked the lecturer about strategies used in teaching vocabulary. In terms of media, the researcher took data based on the media the lecturer used when teaching vocabulary in class, it will be recorded and documented through photographs.

This online learning usually used social media such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, etc. However, at UNISMA, there are additional forms of Google classroom and Google Meet. The media used specifically to teach vocabulary was a PowerPoint slide. The lecturer gave explanation through a PowerPoint slide that could appear on the students’ screen. PowerPoint slides for vocabulary learning to 100 EFL students in Iran. The results showed that students who used PowerPoints in learning vocabulary had significant differences compared to those who did not use them. This shows that power points can be used in teaching vocabulary.

Lot of online teaching problems that occur during a pandemic. for example, students and teachers experience communication misunderstandings, inadequate facilities such as slow laptops, high internet costs, limited ability to use applications, students and lecturers were unfamiliar with online learning, so that it affects students’ motivation in learning.

To solve the students’ motivational problems, the lecturer said that using varied applications and good visuals would reduce the students' boredom. The result of his research showed a significant impact on students they made progress in learning vocabulary. The research showed that the use of online applications could make students feel better and more active in learning process. According to Setyowati , by applying learning and teaching media using technology in the form of an android application, giving teachers to understand and explain the English vocabulary to be better and more enjoyable. This means the use of Android-based applications makes students more comfortable in learning.

One of the advantages of lecturers who teach vocabulary online in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is a very comfortable test that can be passed anytime and anywhere, this helps increase knowledge. While the disadvantages of online learning are that students and teachers experience communication misunderstandings, inadequate facilities such as slow laptops, high internet costs, limited use of applications, students and lecturers are not familiar with online learning, thus affecting student motivation in learning.

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Sumber: http://riset.unisma.ac.id/index.php/jp3/article/view/2939/2680