Innovation in Language Learning

Learning a foreign language is a learning process of a language that is used as the language of communication, but the language is only learned at school and is not used in daily communication. ICT-based learning concept of French as a foreign language is a transformation process from conventional education into digital form. ICT becomes a fundamental need in the process of learning French as a foreign language. Therefore, this study aims to determine how far information communication technology is used, especially computer, in Learning French as a Foreign Language.

The research methodology used was descriptive method, survey type. Data was obtained from students at French Language Education Program, Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Jakarta, Indonesia.

Researach finding shows that teaching and learning skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing is presented in the forms of text, picture, voice, animation, film, video, tape-recorder, and LCD either in classes or in language laboratories. In language laboratories, activty and development of every student is monitored by the lecturer in the control room. The technology of this language laboratory is developed based on ‘stimulate-response’ behaviour pattern, a behavioral psychology theory which is applied in language teaching because this theory is believed that the students can practice fast hence they can master the target language while in the classroom tape-recorder or LCd are used. In fact the activities in language laboratory are boring because students face abstract experience, which the interaction with lecturers becomes minimum. All weaknessess is now changed to ‘communicative approach’ even to ‘action-oriented approach’. Meanwhile, along with the information communication technology development, students use laptop and smartphone. Using laptop, at first Internet was only a facility of 'electronic mail' but it also encourages the students in a realistic and authentic situation, builds their critical thinking and communication skills, boosts their self confidence. In addition, Internet is used for accesssing information to learn listening, speaking, reading, and writing. First, for listening, listening site needs to be found. Second, for speaking skill, there are several free applications, sites for pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar of French. Third, for reading, as a tool to find reading material information without having to buy newspapers, magazines, books, etc. Forth, for writing, story writing can be an example; it is a program to make a story based on a series of  pictures.