The Role of Assignment at Intermediate Bunpou Course in Meeting Skill Demands of the 21st-Century
Keywords:
Intermediate Bunpou, Assignment, 21st Century SkillsAbstract
This study aims to determine the role of assignment in Bunpou course in meeting the demands of 21st-century skills. As we all know that Bunpou is a part of language skills which is the root in the JF Standard tree. Without strong roots, it is impossible to produce a strong tree. Along with the times, the dependence on textbooks in the learning process is gradually decreasing. Students must be given the freedom to explore the world of unlimited knowledge to be able to compete globally in this century. In addition to meet the demands of the 21st century, especially in today's distance learning, teachers have limitations to monitor student learning activities. Moreover, the grammar learned in the early intermediate level is more complicated than at the elementary level, which is why teachers need to consider effective assignment methods. Assignments according to interests are an alternative in distance learning, because without a teacher monitor, students will certainly be happy to do so. Therefore, in this study, the assignment of Bunpou course was carried out by instructing students to look for examples of grammar expressions (bunkei hyougen) they had learned in the sources they are interested in, except social media. The method used is a descriptive research method by describing the results of assignments in the Bunpou course and its relation to the demands of skills in the 21st century. Data collection techniques were carried out through questionnaires to find out what 21st-century skills were realized through this assignment. From this study, it found that the output of this project is related to increase 21st-century skills i.e., critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication, compassion, and digital literacy, but still need further study to assure either it supports the computational thinking skill or not.