Teaching Speaking Using Sainstagram: Its Implementation to Collegian

Abstract

This research aims at describing the implementation, advantages, and disadvantages of Sainstagram in teaching speaking for university students. Sainstagram is a blended-learning model combining scientific approach and istagram as its learning tools. The research is conducted in a descriptive qualitative within 24 collegians of English department and a lecturer. The techniques of collecting data are observation, interview, and documentation. The result of the study shows that there are six stages in the teaching speaking using Sainstagram, namely observing, questioning, experimenting, analysing, creating, and communicating. The advantages of Sainstagram are building students' enthusiasm and interest, leaning students to produce more fluent and accurate speech, and accomodating students' various learning styles. Meanwhile, the poor internet connection becomes major obstacles during the teaching learning process which then leads to poor time management. Despite of that disadvantages, lecturers are suggested to use sainstagram to stimulate to speak better and create an interactive studentscentered learning.