Britania Journal of English Teaching
Vol 3, No 1 (2019): June 2019

THE USE OF BLENDED LEARNING IN PROMOTING ENGLISH SKILLS: THE CASE AT STATE ISLAMIC SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 01 KUDUS

Syafaah, Nailisy (Unknown)
Wahyuningsih, Sri (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Mar 2020

Abstract

English is approved as foreign language in Indonesian learner by distributing some aspect accepted there especially in culture. It involves Indonesian learner to explore it in globalization era. This causes the learner motivated that studying English is very important. So it is needed a new learning style to enrich reading, writing, listening and speaking skills by utilizing technology. It is blended learning that becomes one of the ways to improve English skills for the students. This research attempts at describing the use of blended learning in promote English skills at State Islamic Senior High School 01 Kudus. This is qualitative research. The data were collected by observing English teaching and learning using blended learning system and interviewing one of English teachers and five students at State Islamic Senior High School 01 Kudus. The result shows that the English teacher applied blended learning around two years. It is the combination between face-to-face classroom settings and using technology such as smartphone and computers of school. Students were asked to follow the teaching and learning English by using some applications, form and connecting the internet. The benefits and challenges will be faced in the teaching and learning activities. However, the students are more interested in promoting English skills by using blended learning.

Copyrights © 2019