Technology Integration in Public Speaking Classroom: Is It Effective?

Abstract

Speaking skill is regarded to be the major skill that must be had by students in learning a new language. Speaking in public is of primary importance. However, in Indonesian context, poor speaking performance especially in public tends to be the common problem found in English classrooms. Nowadays, a significant change has been brought by technology especially in education by revolutionizing it. The integration of recent technologies in traditional classroom which is face to face classroom has made a drastic change especially in the way people teach and learn. The present study employing quasi experimental design tries to investigate the effectiveness of multimedia technology integration in teaching public speaking skills of the second grade students of English Education Department in a University in Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia. Two instruments are used in this study namely test and questionnaires. After analyzing the data quantitatively by using a statistical tool, the study found that multimedia technology is effective in improving students' public speaking skill. Besides, by integrating technology in public speaking course, it motivates the students to learn because the teaching becomes attention-getting and more interesting.

Using ELSA App in Speaking Classes: Students’ Voices

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