Vol 9 No 1 (2015): Contemporary Issues in Online Teaching and Learning

Barlian Kristanto
Stikes Harapan Bangsa

Abstract

This study investigates the efficacy of Learning Management System on vocabulary retention of STIKES Harapan Bangsa nursing students. The subjects of this quasi-experimental study consisted of 87 nursing students taking English for Nursing 2 course. The participants were grouped into two different groups, control and experimental group. Random sampling was used to assign the participants into different groups. Before the intervention, both groups were given a pre-test.

Following the pre-test, both groups studied 45 words from their course book in different classroom instruction. Experimental group studied the target words by using LMS SCALSA in the language laboratory, while control group studied the target words using communicative classroom instruction. After the intervention, both groups were given a post-test. Further, two weeks after the post-test, a delayed post-test/ retention test was given to test students’ vocabulary retention.
The results of this study revealed that the integration of LMS SCALSA in classroom instruction is effective in enhancing students’ vocabulary retention.