Mobile-assisted English learning in Indonesian high schools in the covid-19 outbreak: Do students feel empowered?

Misdi Misdi, Nurani Hartini, Siti Aisyah, Anna RS. Tambunan

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Mobile-assisted English learning is nowadays trending during Covid-19 pandemics. A number of studies have investigated positive contribution of mobile-assistant to English language learning enhancement. However, students’ voice about their position in the learning process is still less discussed. Hence, this current study aimed at describing students’ sense of empowerment during their English learning in Covid-19 pandemics. Designed in descriptive survey, this research received 772 out of 1000 voluntarily respondents’ feedback from EFL students around Cirebon-City, Indonesia. The results reveal that the enactment of mobile-assisted language learning has positive impact on the students’ sense of empowerment. The findings also reveal whatsapp is mostly popular situated in the English distanced classes during the Covid-19 pandemics. The findings suggest the importance of mobile-assisted language learning to be officially promoted in the contexts of Indonesian language learning.


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30870/aiselt.v4i4.11050

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