THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EDMODO AS A PLATFORM IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SPECIFIC PURPOSE (A Case Study Conducted to the Teenth Grade of Computer and Network Engineering Students at Vocational High School in Tasikmalaya)

Abstract

This paper deals with the implementation on applying Edmodo in English Classroom in a vocational school students in karangnunggal, Tasikmalaya. The aim of this study was to discover the implementation of Edmodo in English learning process also to discover the students’ perception on applying Edmodo in English classrom. The writer employed a qualitative case study and the data were obtained through online observation, questionnaire and interview. 37 students from tenth grade and one of female English teacher were participated in this study. The data from observation, questionnaire and interview were the data collection. The fin ding shows that Edmodo already implement in that English classroom and very helped students in learning English easily moreover in this pandemic era, the material only can give in an online classroom so it was helped the teacher also in giving the material. Besides, the students also felt comfortable in learning English through Edmodo so they are agree to the statements in the questionnaire items. In conclusion, the implementation of Edmodo in teaching and learning English were encouraged the students to thought together by small groups moreover self-learning system for their communicative learning especially in writing descriptive text. Thus, this platform was made the students enjoyed because they can always connect to their classmates or teacher even though in online learning.