Implementation of Speaking Competency Assessment During the New Normal in Higher Education

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10.2991/assehr.k.210514.017How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Assessment, New Normal, Speaking Competency

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic affects almost every aspect of life. One of them is on lecturers and students, especially in the Indonesian language course. The students’ low scores in speaking skills raise concern. Many students have difficulty expressing themselves in spoken language. New normal results in the modification of many aspects of speaking in its implementation. This study examines the application of methods, media, and assessment of speaking competency, the role of teachers and students in learning the speaking competency, and the achievement of the objectives of the implementation of speaking competency assessment in the new normal era. Mixed methods were used in this study with the data in the form of Google Form, syllabus, lesson plans, interviews, and observations of the learning process. Three lecturers from three Islamic universities in Surakarta were involved in this study. Of the 479 students at Islamic universities in Surakarta, 87.4% of them answered that the learning methods used by their lecturers varied according to the teaching material. Most students (91.4%) answered that their lecturers conduct evaluations regularly and according to competency needs (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). Most of them (98.7%) stated that their lecturers were active and open in explaining and overcoming student difficulties. For the role of students, 77.6% of students were more active in learning the Indonesian language in the classroom. The quantitative achievement of the objective of learning the speaking competency in the new normal is 72.8%. Meanwhile, for qualitative data, it was obtained that 97.5% of students answered they get much new knowledge and understand the Indonesian language better. Most of the students (98.5%) answered that speaking skills are very useful for them.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Laila Fitri Nur Hidayah
AU  - Sarwiji Suwandi
AU  - Sumarwati
AU  - Budhi Setiawan
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/17
TI  - Implementation of Speaking Competency Assessment During the New Normal in Higher Education
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Language Politeness (ICLP 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 114
EP  - 121
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210514.017
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210514.017
ID  - Hidayah2021
ER  -