Research Article
The Implementation of Practice in the ‘English for Content Writing’ Course
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.15-11-2019.2296409, author={Nabilla Kusuma Vardhani and Gasa Ari Pamungkas}, title={The Implementation of Practice in the ‘English for Content Writing’ Course}, proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Languare, Literature, Culture and Education, ISLLCE, 15-16 November 2019, Kendari, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ISLLCE}, year={2020}, month={6}, keywords={vocational education practice english for content writing youtube instagram}, doi={10.4108/eai.15-11-2019.2296409} }- Nabilla Kusuma Vardhani
Gasa Ari Pamungkas
Year: 2020
The Implementation of Practice in the ‘English for Content Writing’ Course
ISLLCE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.15-11-2019.2296409
Abstract
Universitas Gadjah Mada is one of the universities in Indonesia conducting vocational education. Vocational education provides more practice compared to theory in its curriculum. Its curriculum is required to be conformed with industry current need or situation. One of study program in Vocational College is English. It has ‘English for Content Writing’ as one of its courses. This research aims to explain the curriculum of the course and the implementation of practice where the practical of creating YouTube and Instagram contents are applied. This research also aims to present the goal achievement of the class from the perspective of the students. The result shows that the curriculum was arranged based on current situation that requires internet to spread a content. Therefore, both YouTube and Instagram are chosen due to its recency. In Indonesia, YouTube is the most accessed platform by Indonesians. Meanwhile, Instagram in Indonesia includes in the top three of the most popular social networks after Facebook. The result also presents that the students gain knowledge as well as soft skills during the semester of taking the course.