Digital Video Project as Authentic task for ESP Learners: The Case of State Islamic College Students
Fadhila Yonata
STAIN Sultan Abdurrahman Kepulauan Riau
Abstract
Teaching process nowadays needs to be developed in order to follow the intensifying grow of information technology (IT). As in line with the notion currently developed in Indonesia about 4.0 era, English language teaching process need to adjust its teaching components, one of them is task, to maximize technology as a way to accompany language skills. Situated in the context of students from non English major in a State Islamic College in Indonesia, the study employs a case study to discover the use of digital video project in English course as compulsory subject learnt by the students for every major. The students were asked to construct an individual video lasting for minimum two minutes for their final project assignment. This kind of project aims to explore language skills as well as creativity of the students in composing a good video and also involve them in sharing technological information with classmates as well as discovering current trend and application. The data were drawn from questionnaires, interviews with students and also the videos created by the students. The findings reveal students gain both linguistic knowledge and technical worth in creating the videos of their English subject project.
Keywords: Digital video project, ESP, Authentic Task
Topic: International Conference of English Language Teaching, Literature & Linguistics