JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES OF LEARNING ENGLISH USING BUSUU

Researches on MALL mostly focus on how learning by using mobile phones gives significant effect on second/ foreign language skills. However, only few which focus on their lived-experiences of learning English using their smart phones anywhere outside their class and anytime outside their school time...

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Main Author: Vinindita Citrayasa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Kuningan 2019-07-01
Series:Indonesian EFL Journal
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Online Access:https://journal.uniku.ac.id/index.php/IEFLJ/article/view/1900
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description Researches on MALL mostly focus on how learning by using mobile phones gives significant effect on second/ foreign language skills. However, only few which focus on their lived-experiences of learning English using their smart phones anywhere outside their class and anytime outside their school time that can reveal meanings related to their awareness, beliefs, and actions. This research is then aimed at describing and interpreting the students’ lived experience of using a mobile application namely Bussu for learning English. The study is a hermeneutic phenomenology study which focuses on the description and interpretation of the students’ lived experiences of using Busuu to learn English. There were two participants interviewed using in-depth interviews and the data was in the form of texts. The result shows the participants’ lived experiences showed some empirical meanings: ubiquitous learning, fun learning, and useful English learning assistant. This study also reveals the finding of transcendent meaning that Busuu encouraged them to become more autonomous learners.
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spelling doaj.art-9b53e7ab0070499887867ca67fbc9d042022-12-22T03:15:37ZengUniversitas KuninganIndonesian EFL Journal2252-74272541-36352019-07-0152859210.25134/ieflj.v5i2.1900JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES OF LEARNING ENGLISH USING BUSUUVinindita Citrayasa0Universitas Atma Jaya YogyakartaResearches on MALL mostly focus on how learning by using mobile phones gives significant effect on second/ foreign language skills. However, only few which focus on their lived-experiences of learning English using their smart phones anywhere outside their class and anytime outside their school time that can reveal meanings related to their awareness, beliefs, and actions. This research is then aimed at describing and interpreting the students’ lived experience of using a mobile application namely Bussu for learning English. The study is a hermeneutic phenomenology study which focuses on the description and interpretation of the students’ lived experiences of using Busuu to learn English. There were two participants interviewed using in-depth interviews and the data was in the form of texts. The result shows the participants’ lived experiences showed some empirical meanings: ubiquitous learning, fun learning, and useful English learning assistant. This study also reveals the finding of transcendent meaning that Busuu encouraged them to become more autonomous learners.https://journal.uniku.ac.id/index.php/IEFLJ/article/view/1900BusuuEnglish learningjunior high school studentslived experiencesMALL
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JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES OF LEARNING ENGLISH USING BUSUU
Indonesian EFL Journal
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English learning
junior high school students
lived experiences
MALL
title JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES OF LEARNING ENGLISH USING BUSUU
title_full JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES OF LEARNING ENGLISH USING BUSUU
title_fullStr JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES OF LEARNING ENGLISH USING BUSUU
title_full_unstemmed JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES OF LEARNING ENGLISH USING BUSUU
title_short JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES OF LEARNING ENGLISH USING BUSUU
title_sort junior high school students lived experiences of learning english using busuu
topic Busuu
English learning
junior high school students
lived experiences
MALL
url https://journal.uniku.ac.id/index.php/IEFLJ/article/view/1900
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