Journal of English for Academic and Specific Purposes (JEASP)
Vol 4, No 1 (2021)

PROMOTING WILLINGNESS TO COMMUNICATE IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THROUGH LIVEWORKSHEETS.COM

Nissa Ilma Mukti (Pusat Pengembangan Bahasa Inggris Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang)
Rochmawati Rochmawati (Pusat Pengembangan Bahasa Inggris Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang)
Alfiah Nur Senta (Pusat Pengembangan Bahasa Inggris Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang)
Leo Candra Wahyu Utam (Pusat Pengembangan Bahasa Inggris Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang)
Zulvy Alivia Hanim (Pusat Pengembangan Bahasa Inggris Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Jun 2021

Abstract

This research investigates on the use of online platform media learning, namely liveworksheets.com to facilitate students’ willingness to communicate and acquire their second language in an online classroom. This study is considered essential to be taken account to, as it correlates to the current situation, in which classes are conducted online. To gain the data, questionnaire were distributed to third semester students who are learning English as part of their course for a foreign and second language in Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang. By applying a mixed-method research design, the result of the study presents that there were four main factors affecting students’ willingness to communicate when using liveworksheets.com. This includes learners’ behavioral intention, interlocutors, motivations and their affective-cognitive skills. Moreover, it was also noted that liveworksheets.com was found to be quite beneficial in facilitating students to acquire their second language through the mentioned aspects. Hopefully, the result of the study may bring new insight and contribute to the online teaching learning process that takes place nowadays both for teachers and second language learners.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jeasp

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English for Academic and Specific Purposes (JEASP) a specialized journal of English language teaching (ELT) that meticulously tailors English language teaching-learning instructions to meet the precise needs of learners within various academic and professional fields. At its core, this ...