Engaging Students Through Multimodal Learning Environments: An Indonesian Context
Abstract
A critical issue regarding the English language teaching in the Asian context particularly in Indonesia is that the teaching and learning methods used are still far from being sufficient and effective to help students improve their language skill at the expected rate. This is a pilot study investigating the effects of multimodal learning environment on students’ learning outcomes connected to students’ writing performance. To find out the answers to the research problems, 60 students taking English for Specific Purposes at State Islamic University of Malang – Indonesia participated in this study. They were randomly selected and randomly assigned into the experimental group and the control group. The multimodal environment was provided to the experimental group whereas the control group was not. The results of the study indicated that the students in the experimental group had better writing performance. In addition, the contribution of this study is two folds; as a contribution to references on innovative and creative pedagogy in the classroom and to support the progress of the teaching and learning English.
Keywords: multimodal learning environments, video, the teaching of EFL writing, writing performance
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