Capturing moments to analyze students’ transformative thinking through photovoice in an English language teaching classroom

Afifah W. Susanti A. Sari E.A. Samal A.
December 2023 Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

English Language Teaching Educational Journal
2023 #6 Issue 3 172 - 187 pp.

The understanding of photovoice technique to capture transformative thinking (thereafter, TT) in ELT classes is challenging and providing valuable insights in the field of language education. However, the study specifically concerned on these fields have not been sufficiently explored. To fill the gap, this study aims to explore how students’ thinking evolved during joining the English Language Teaching ELT class, how their insights changed, what moments lead students to undergo the transformation, and what ELT students believed about TT contribution to ELT. Photovoice, a participatory research method was employed to these determined research purposes. Approximately 75 students, aged 19-20 years old were invited to participate in this study. They were instructed to submit two pictures. Each picture was given 5 questions: what you saw here, what really happened, how did this relate to your life, why did this occur, and what could you do regarding EL II. A questionnaire was designed to be filled out by the students using Google Forms, which was used as the second data to complete the pictures’ interpretation. Data analysis then used the model from Erlingsson and Brysiewicz (2017) consisting of four steps: condensation, coding using MAXQDA, categorization, and finalizing the themes. This study provided insightful information about the dynamics of transformative thinking in ELT classrooms through photovoice. The results show that photovoice serves as both a visual aid for documentation and a window into the ways in which ELT influences students broader thought processes. Using the technique, the emotional changes, creative thinking, and evolving viewpoints of the students through the photographs they have selected can be understood.

English Language Teaching , Pedagogical Strategies , Photovoice , Transformative Thinking

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