A Narrative Inquiry of Students’ Experiences in Exploring Ideas by Using Augmented Reality on Writing Descriptive Text

Abstract

In recent years, augmented reality has been used in the field of education and be able to help students be motivated in learning the English language, especially in learning descriptive text. In order to write a descriptive text, students need imagination, experiences or real image to convey student’s sensory information. Furthermore, the purpose of this research is to find out students’ experiences in learning descriptive text by the augmented reality as assisted in finding ideas of students. This research used narrative inquiry as to the research design. The research was conducted through online WhatsApp's voice notes and videocall. Participants of this research are tenth-grade students from several vocational highschools in Cikarang. The data were collected by interview, reflective journal, and documentation. After the data collected, the researcher reduces, display, and conclude the result. The result of the research reveals utilization of augmented reality could help students to find ideas because the media engage them more intense as well as it consists of the 3D picture that can be seen in 360 degrees and a voice about the description of a picture. The using of this application also can be the way out from the writer’s block.  In addition to the convenience mentioned before, augmented reality has several disadvantages such as the difficulty of scanning images and requires a strong internet connection.

Keyword: Augmented Reality, Descriptive Text, ICT, Mobile Assisted Language Learning.