The Implementation of Technology-Enabled Seamless Language Learning in Teaching Descriptive Text

Abstract

This study reports on the implementation of Technology-Enabled Seamless Language Learning (TESLL) in writing descriptive text. It aimed to investigate how TESSL was being implemented in the classroom and how it affected the students’ skill in writing descriptive text. Triangulation mixed-method was applied in this research with 6 classes of first year students from different study program at Universitas Kuningan were chosen as the participants. The data were taken from various sources like tests, observation notes, and documents to support the findings. Observation notes and documents were used to find out how TESLL was implemented in the classroom. Tests results were used to investigate how TESLL affect students writing skills. The first result showed that with the involvement of technology like LMS, online quizzes, YouTube videos and video conferences apps could cater the teaching and learning descriptive text in remote setting. This model also enhanced and elicited students’ participation in the classroom activity especially in quizzes sessions. Then, second, the t result indicated that the significant scores were below 0.05. Therefore, it can be concluded that the implementation of TESLL has a significant effect in developing students’ descriptive writing skill