Designing Vocabulary Digital Pocket Book for Tourism Vocational Student

Abstract

The students at STP Mataram find it challenging to develop their language skills, which are necessary for clear and effective communication. It is required for qualified tourism students to acquire a comprehensive vocabulary that is directly relevant to tourism terms and vocabulary. The objective of this study is to address the issue by proposing the development of an educational tool known as the Digital Vocabulary Pocket Book, which will be utilized for vocabulary instruction and use Dictionary App Builder 11.0.1 for designing. This study employed the Research and Development which encompasses five distinct stages of research namely Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. The findings of this study indicate that the feasibility values obtained from expert validation for the language aspect, media aspects, and material aspects are above 90%. Furthermore, it is worth noting that the Digital Vocabulary Pocket Book received a 95% well-response from the students. In summary, the utilization of the Pocket Book dictionary has the potential to assist pupils in the acquisition of vocabulary skills for tourism students.