Open AccessImplementation of Reinforcement Skill in Teaching English in The Pandemic Situation
Author(s) -
Diah Kusuma Werdi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the art of teaching english as a foreign language (tatefl)/the art of teaching english as a foreign language (tatefl)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2684-8546
pISSN - 2656-8942
DOI - 10.36663/tatefl.v2i2.139
Subject(s) - reinforcement , praise , psychology , reinforcement learning , mathematics education , social psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence
This study aimed to identify the types of reinforcement skills and investigate the implementation of reinforcement skills used during the online learning process at SMP Laboratorium Undiksha Singaraja. This study used a qualitative descriptive method as the research design. This study also used an English teacher as the research subject. In collecting data, this study used three methods, namely; observation, interview, and questionnaires. This research was conducted online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the data obtained, this study found the results of the type of reinforcement and the implementation used by teachers during online learning. There are four types of reinforcement used by the teachers, such as; (1) positive verbal reinforcement in the form of praise and partial reinforcement, (2) positive non-verbal reinforcement in the form of gestures, (3) negative verbal reinforcement in the form of enforceable statements, questions, calling out the students' names, and (4) negative non-verbal reinforcement in the form of facial expressions and record the students' misbehavior. In addition, the reinforcement implementation was relevant to the theories suggested by experts by following the five principles in giving reinforcement. Further study is needed to get a deeper understanding toward the implementation of reinforcement in EFL classroom.