The Use of Telegram in Enhancing English Learning of the Tenth Graders of SMKN

4 Malang in Pandemic Covid-19

2. Method
This study used descriptive qualitative design in the form of words based
on the description that occurred in the field in-depth and as it is. According to
Berg and Lune (2014, p.8), ―Qualitative research properly seeks answers by
examining various social settings and the groups or individuals who inhabit these
settings.
This study was conducted for one month which started from 29th September
2021 up to 30th October 2021 at SMKN 4 Malang with the tenth-grader as the
participants. They were from three classes Design Graphic A, Animation A, and
Software Engineering B classes. The total number of participants was 107
students, consisting of 36 students from Design Graphic A, 35 students from
Animation A, and 36 students from Software Engineering B.
The data collection in this study was carried out in several ways:
1. Literature study was carried out by reading and recording various references
such as books, journals, magazines, articles, the internet, and others related to the
research.
2. Observations were made for collecting data by conducting direct observations.
The researcher watched and made some notes on the English teaching and
learning process of the tenth-grader English teachers.
3. Students’ scores and the attendance list of the tenth-grade students (107
students) are also used for collecting data.
4. The researcher’s questionnaires with the tenth-grader students are also used for
collecting data.
Below is the researcher’s schedule when she did her study.
Table 1. The researcher’s schedule for the study.
NO Activities Date
1 Asking for the approval of the title of the July 2021
study from the State University of Malang
2 Receiving the approval of the study August 2021
3 Asking for permission for conducting the August 2021
study at SMKN 4 Malang
4 Conducting the research at SMKN 4 September-October
Malang 2021
5 Collecting and analyzing the data September-October
2021

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6 Writing the report of the research November–December

2021
7 Giving the report of the research to State December 2021
University of Malang

According to https://dovetailapp.com, there are some methods and techniques of

qualitative research such as Card Sorting, Case Studies, Co-Design, Competitor
Analysis, Contextual Inquiries, Focus Groups, Grounded Theory, and so on. The
researcher uses the Contextual Inquiries Method to conduct this study. A
contextual inquiry is a qualitative research method where the researcher observes
or interviews a participant in the course of their normal activities in their
environment. The researcher came to SMKN 4 Malang and saw how the tenth-
grade English teacher used Telegram as a media of communication in their
teaching and learning activities and interact with their students through E-
Learning

The data analysis procedures are conducted as follows:

• Planning.
Here the researcher prepared all instruments needed such as an audio recorder,
camera, pen and paper, and so on after getting the approval from the stakeholders
of SMKN 4 Malang to conduct the study there. Then the researcher arranged the
lesson plan for the study, seek for suitable materials and instructional media
(pictures related to tourism objects), made students’ worksheets and the
evaluation for them, and stated the criterion of success for her learning.
• Recruiting.
The recruitment process involved finding, meeting, and interviewing the tenth-
grader English teachers of SMKN 4 Malang who teach English using the
Telegram app.
• Scheduling
The researcher arranges the schedule together with the tenth-grader English
teachers of SMKN 4 Malang to conduct this study.
• Note-taking
The researcher made some notes of what is happening during the observation on
the process of teaching-learning using telegram in SMKN 4 Malang.
• Analyzing
The researcher analyzed all the data she got through four steps. They are data
collection, data reduction, data performance, and stating the conclusion. Teachers

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have their own success criteria for their teaching. A success criterion is a list of
features that a teacher wants the students to include in their work during the
course of a lesson. It is a really good way of making children aware of what is
expected of them and can also encourage them to extend themselves during the
course of the lesson (https://www.theschoolrun.com). It has also been done by
the tenth-grade English teachers of SMKN 4 Malang. They determined the
criterion of their successful teaching as explained these; 1) The English learning
using telegram is very useful If 90%-100% of the students can get a score above
the KKM; 2) The English learning using telegram is useful If 80%-89% of the
students can get a score above the KKM; 3)The English learning using telegram
is useful enough If 70%-79% of the students can get a score above the KKM and
4) The English learning using telegram is not useful If only 69% of the students
get a score above the KKM

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