Title : Academic Achievements and Satisfaction of the
Clicker-Aided Flipped Business English
Writing Class
Writer and
Institution : 1. Yu Zhonggen, School of Foreign Languages, Hohai University,
Nanjing, China
2. Wang
Guifang, English school of Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages, Shaoxing, China
Publisher
: Educational Technology & Society, 19(2), 298–312. 2015
Flipped classroom is one of Models that has big
impact in ELT. The flipped classroom enhanced learner empowerment, development,
and engagement (McLaughlin et al., 2013). In flipped classroom the teacher need tool of learning, or it is
called online class. In-class
activities which needed the peer collaboration guided by the teacher in the
flipped class were conducted before and after the traditional class (Ojalvo & Doyne, 2011) . Students must watch the
videos and read other related
lecturing materials provided by the teacher before they physically entered the
class to share difficulties, questions, and other unsolved problems with peers
and the teacher. So the
students will have prior knowledge. This study,
aiming to study the effectiveness of using flipped classrooms aided with clicker
system in business English majors with the same business English writing skills.
In
addition, the research design is quantitative e with
the qualitative research methods and the participant is business
English majors with the same business English writing skills. The result of
this study is using clicker system in
flipped business English writing classroom will bring about better
academic achievements and They will be more satisfactory.
At
last, Clicker system in flipped classroom is very appropriate especially if it is
implemented to University student in Indonesia since most of University
students have computer or laptop, they can easily get connection to internet
any time and any where for example in
Campus. Subsequently, it gives chance for the lecturer to improve their
qualities especially in applying new technology, and for the university student
in using another devices in learning.
