Combining Modern Communication Methods With Heritage Education: Teacher Experience in Implementing IDLE on Hybrid Teaching in Indonesian Secondary Schools

The Definition of IDLE

The informal digital learning of English which is mentioned as IDLE is a part of computer-assisted language learning practice that happens beyond in-class learning context (Lee & Dressman, 2017). This is based on what Benson & Reinders (2011) and also some other experts such as Nunan & Richards (2014), Reinders & White (2016), Thorne, Black, & Sykes (2009); that argued the informal English learning in digital environment have shown strong potentials to address limitation of class instruction and the development of second language promotion. Several studies have also shown a positive correlation between IDLE and English learning outcomes including the vocabulary development (Dressman, Lee, & Sylven, 2012).

Focusing on the concept of IDLE activities, in the EFL classrooms that learn English through a particular theme in narrative texts, the hybrid teaching has made its own challenges. Several teachers share their experiences when implementing the hybrid teaching. The authors try to catch their experiences through the lens of IDLE as the extracurricular and extramural activities considering the character of the hybrid teaching which place the students into two different learning ecologies.

Asynchronous Mode Mediates Hybrid Teaching in Pandemic

The Indonesian-government has prevented the economy from operating at 100% of its full capacity with some businesses having to close down and workers being temporarily laid-off due to the social restrictions (Smeru, 2021). Furthermore, the Pandemic affected Indonesia's education policy including face-to-face learning setup and moving to online mode. In addition, the education system support lack of providing students with online free access, and some students live in remote area which makes it difficult in reaching internet connectivity. 31.8% of Students did not get internet Access during the Corona Pandemic (Setyowati,2020). Overall, the crisis also affects Indonesia educational system of continuity to support hybrid teaching in -pandemic era. Therefore, hybrid teaching could mediate students’ learning support with asynchronous learning mode which empowers students to efficiently use their mobile data plans for their environmental study. Due to COVID-19 outbreak, asynchronous learning forum provides an essential part in distance learning mode. Benbunan-Fich et al. (2003) shows that asynchronous group had more active on broader discussions and completed their reports than face-to-face counterparts.