Using Instagram as instructional media to develop students' Higher-Order Thinking in teaching English speaking

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Efendi, Herman (2019) Using Instagram as instructional media to develop students' Higher-Order Thinking in teaching English speaking. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

Instagram is one of the most popular and most used social media recently. This causes many teachers start using Instagram to engage students’ understanding and critical thinking. This study is aimed to describe the use of Instagram to develop students’ Higher-Order Thinking in teaching English speaking skills. This study is taken at Faculty of Education and Teacher Training Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya in students of English Intensive Course. This study is a qualitative research using case study approach. The research subject of this study is the teacher and students of English Intensive Course in academic year 2018/2019. The data is collected through classroom observation, documentation and interview. The researcher uses two instruments, observation checklist and interview guideline. The result of this study shows that the teacher uses the Instagram as media in developing students’ Higher-Order Thinking by giving pictures and instructions related to the topic that enable students to increase the highest level at Bloom Taxonomy level, namely Higher-Order Thinking (HOT). The students’ responses toward the use of Instagram are interesting and helpful. The students are interested in the use of Instagram because it makes easy to get additional information related to learning and the Instagram is helpful because the students become more creative and easier to do their assignments.