Using Digital Flashcards in Teaching YL’s Writing Skills: Practical Sources in Teaching EFL-YL Using IT (79037)
Session Chair: Chika Nweke
Saturday, 15 June 2024 12:25
Session: Session 3
Room: Salle 203
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
This research explored the use of digital flashcards as a novel teaching tool in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes, specifically targeting Young Learners (YLs) to help them improve their writing skills. Traditional approaches to teaching writing often struggle to engage younger students effectively. Digital flashcards, with their interactive and visually appealing features, offer a promising solution. The study involved a second-grade English teacher and her students at a state elementary school in Pacitan, East Java. The topic of the learning materials was expressing favorite fruits in writing term. Using a qualitative design, the study aimed to describe the implementation of using digital flashcards in writing classes to give meaningful and effective learning experiences for YLs. Objectives included identifying teachers' challenges and best practices for integrating digital flashcards into the EFL writing class. Additionally, this study provides practical sources on how teacher designed a digital flashcard. The research findings indicate that teachers face challenges like technical competence, limited technology access, curriculum alignment, time constraints, adapting to diverse learning styles, professional development needs, engagement maintenance, assessment, and infrastructure limitations. The study divides teacher activities into preparation (designing digital flashcards) and practice (implementing English writing teaching with flashcards), involving introduction, core activities, and closing activities. This research seeks to contribute insights that can explain the integration of IT and EFL instruction for Young Learners in the ever-evolving educational setting.
Authors:
Rihatmi Rihatmi, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Sugirin Sugirin, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia
About the Presenter(s)
Ms Rihatmi Rihatmi is a University Postgraduate Student at Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta in Indonesia
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