The Benefits of Out-of-Class English Exposures on Undergraduate Students' English Mastery

Abstract

ABSTRACT
This research aims to determine the benefits of outside-classroom English Exposure on
undergraduate students’ English mastery. This research involves 50 undergraduate students
from batch 2017-2019 filling out a questionnaire related to English Exposures that they
have gotten outside the classroom. Through the analyzed questionnaire, 5 undergraduate
students were chosen for the interview to have deeper information. Considering the
pandemic situation, the discussions were done by using Zoom meetings. The findings
showed that English Exposure was beneficial for undergraduate students’ English mastery.
The benefits were the improvement of undergraduate students’ pronunciation, grammar,
vocabulary, listening skills, etc. From the study, YouTube was the most popular platform
where undergraduate students got English Exposure since it had many videos that elicited
students’ interest. Looking at the benefits of English Exposure, teachers should combine
their lessons with contemporary media to improve students’ English mastery and spark
students’ interest in English lessons.