The Indonesian government puts an English lesson at the primary school. On the other hand, it has an intention to preserve local languages. The presence of the two additional lessons in the same school invites a certain problem. Through the questionnaire distributed randomly to 26 primary school parents whose children learn English and Javanese at school in 4 different cities like Surabaya, Sidoarjo, Gresik, and Malang, it could be found out that many students got the competencies of lowering the usage of local language at home, switching codes, lowering competence in implementing Javanese script and constructing sentences, unwilling to watch Javanese news, lowering local culture appreciation, and lowering the usage of local language among peers. Furthermore, in the comparative in English and Javanese learning the students had a lower interest in competing for language, appreciating culture, and literacy in Javanese.
People communicate their views through their words. It is a way for language users to exchange information. It could be difficult to explain topics to primary school students verbally. They speak with weak vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. In order to address these challenges, the teacher encourages the smartphone app to enhance speaking class. She established a WhatsApp group to serve as the media for the in-class exercise. Every student participated in it. The instructor asked the students to participate in a discussion and book-based activities in bilingual grammar. Then they found the book's transcription of the short story. To facilitate transcription and reading aloud, this kind of content was altered. As a means to conclude, the teacher offered each student a picture to discuss in a pair. As a method to conclude the lesson, the teacher gave each student a photo to discuss in a pair. Both qualitative and quantitative analyses of the data were done. It follows that using video conferences to improve communication skills is successful. It is advantageous for the teachers to incorporate it into lessons on related subjects. Deeper projects will be undertaken by the other researchers as a result.
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