DIGITAL-BASED LEARNING MEDIA FOR TEACHING ENGLISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO EMERGE EFFICACY OF PERFORMING ART STUDENTS

Abstract

In the information and technology era, learning media has transformed, particularly in the process of English language learning and teaching. About 96.8% of 60 performing art students taking English class prefer to involve digital media for learning English. This data shows that digital learning media play such a highly essential role.  This study aims to describe the varied digital-based learning media in English as Foreign Language to performing art students and to identify the impact toward the students’ efficacy. The author selected performing art students as the sample and implemented purposive sampling to determine the sample. To collect the data, the author surveyed digital platforms, observed the class, spread efficacy questionnaire, and interviewed some of the respondents. The results shows there are eight digital-based learning media which are effective to be applied in English learning and teaching, i.e. Heyzine, Kahoot, Quizizz, Linoit, Wordwall, Mentimeter, Youtube, and Duolingo. All of those media do emerge the students’ efficacy in learning English. The diagrams of the results display that all of the students provided with digital media during the learning process have high and highest efficacy as they responded the questionnaire questions with high proportion of agree and strongly agree statement. Therefore, applying digital media to millennial is obviously effective to enhance their efficacy in learning English as foreign language.