Enhancing vocational students’ English learning through a Canva-based interactive website
TL;DR
Canva-based website interactive learning media was effective in improving students’ understanding of Procedure Text and should be more widely utilized and serve as a reference for future development of English learning media.
Abstract
This study aims to design and develop Canva-based website interactive media using a Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) approach for teaching Procedure Text in Grade XI English learning at a vocational high school. The subjects of this study were Grade XI students of SMK Negeri 1 Talang Ubi. The media development process followed the ADDIE model combined with Tessmer’s evaluation model. Based on the needs analysis results, students experienced difficulties in understanding the structure and language features of Procedure Text and tended to show low motivation when learning was still centered on textbook use. Validation conducted by material experts, media experts and language experts indicated a very high level of validity with an average score of 92.01%. One-to-one and small group trials showed positive student responses and ease of use of the media in the learning process. Teachers’ practicality assessments indicated that the media was easy to implement and effectively supported learning activities. The pretest and posttest results showed an improvement in students’ learning outcomes with an N-gain score of 0.73, which falls into the high category, indicating that the Canva-based website interactive learning media was effective in improving students’ understanding of Procedure Text. This study recommends that Canva-based website interactive learning media be more widely utilized and serve as a reference for future development of English learning media