Reading is a pivotal skill for non-English department students as a vehicle to
update their knowledge. One of reading activity which is beneficial is
extensive reading. Several studies have proved the advantage of extensive
reading, but study regarding what reading material is read by students is
under explored. To fill this gap, this research aimed to uncover what nonEnglish
department
students
read
during
extensive
reading
program
and
why
they
chose that theme. The participants were Agroecotechnology students
(n=52). The data was collected from the reading log sheet and participant
interview. The reading log sheet was analyzed by the researcher to find the
theme of the text that students read. The interview was conducted in
Indonesian to make students at ease. After the interview, the transcript was
written and translated into English. The result shows that there are 32 types
of themes with various frequency distributions. Theme that students read is
mainly caused by their hobby, favorite idol, and a senior student who
influence them to read certain theme.
Reading is a skill that is initially taught in schools. Students are introduced to the alphabet and later learn to read texts. Reading Foreign languages is also introduced when students learn a foreign language. The student requires reading activities that include vocabulary learning. Extensive reading is one of the practical activities of reading. Nowadays, extensive reading activities include reading printed and digital text in e-books, journals, and internet and social media articles. In addition, digital extensive reading research on university students of agriculture is still rare. Thus, research on digital-mediated extensive reading in agricultural students’ needs to be conducted to investigate whether it improves their reading comprehension. This study involved 84 agricultural students majoring Agroecotechnology study program. The participants take an English course. The data for this study was taken from the pre-test and post-test scores and questionnaire. The data will be analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the study shows that the digital-mediated extensive reading effectively enhances the student's reading comprehension in English as academic purposes (EAP) setting, and the students express that the digital-mediated extensive reading provides flexibility, technology utilization, and reading.
Developing Extensive Reading Strategies_ A Case Study of Ten Indonesian EFL L...Rudi Haryono
This study investigated the effects of an extensive reading program on 10 Indonesian EFL students over 12 weeks. The students faced various difficulties with extensive reading related to managing time, understanding new vocabulary, and maintaining interest or mood. However, they also perceived benefits including improved reading ability, larger vocabulary, increased motivation to read, and a more enjoyable reading experience. The findings provide insights into supporting students' extensive reading through addressing time management, selecting appropriately leveled materials, and cultivating positive reading habits and attitudes.
This study aims to investigate Indonesian senior high school teachers’ perceptions of using the first language (L1) when teaching English because Indonesian teachers tend to have negative perceptions toward the application of the L1, while the L1 is needed in a situation where Indonesian students have limited skills in English. The semi-structured interview was applied to collect data, while thematic analysis was used to analyse it. The result showed that the teachers have three different positions in perceiving the use of the L1: the virtual position, maximal, and optimal positions. Although they have different perceptions toward the application of the L1, a major insight can be concluded about the limited use of the L1 for specific reasons, such as considering teachers’ and students’ English abilities, learners’ needs, and the type and the difficulty of the given task or assignment. The L1 can be functioned as scaffolding in three aspects: when teaching grammar, vocabulary, and when giving instructions. Teachers may consider this study’s results as the information to use the L1 in classrooms. This may also be beneficial for Indonesian educational stakeholders and the government to specifically define what type of scaffolding that teachers can use the L1 to teach English.
The use of a blog as a platform for extensive reading becomes valuable since it provides the possibility of readership and opportunity for interaction and collaboration. As the online journal facilitating users to display information in chronological order and connected to the Internet, the blog also can help students to get a wide variety of reading materials, which should be conducted in extensive reading activities. However, the use of a blog in this study is integrated with the process of learning in the classroom so that the students can use it for reporting their reading activities and share what they read beyond the classroom. This study is conducted during one semester in one of the universities in Indonesia using six students of the first grade joining an extensive reading course as the participants. In this research, a case study is used as a research method. It aims at analyzing the students' perception of the use of blogs in extensive reading. Findings show that the blog is beneficial for promoting the students' reading interest, building autonomy and creativity, and providing a reflective platform. The blog consists of several features allowing students to get the numerous reading sources that are appropriate with their language level and interest. Therefore, it becomes useful since it can facilitate students to build their responsibility to select their reading material and to reflect the progress of their learning activities.
Language attitude study has proven to reveal students’ success and failure in learning language. Attitude is not innate, but learned. Students learn to grow and improve their positive language attitudes towards foreign languages through certain programs at schools. The aim of this research is to investigate the language attitude of students in an Indonesian Islamic boarding school towards English as a foreign Language and to describe why they have the attitude. The respondents were 49 students of 2nd grade of senior high school classes from HAC (High-Achieving Class) and LAC (Low-Achieving Class). The design of this research was mixed method using explanatory sequential design. To obtain the data, the instrument used was a questionnaire consisting of cognitive, affective and conative components of language attitudes. Interview was carried out to acquire the reason the students had the attitudes. The finding was both HAC and LAC students’ language attitudes were mostly positive (91.83%) in cognitive, affective and conative language attitudes. Some (8.17%) had different language attitudes. They showed positive language attitudes, but acquired low scores and showed negative language attitudes, but acquired high scores. The interview revealed this phenomenon.
While research on cognitive and metacognitive abilities of bilingual and biliterate students has been advancing, limited studies have examined these influences in the Arabic context.
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This document summarizes a research study that investigated the metacognitive reading strategies used by English as a foreign language (EFL) students at a medical college in Kuwait. The study surveyed 80 students using the Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategy Inventory to identify the types and frequency of strategies used. The results showed that students were highly aware of strategies and frequently used problem-solving and global strategies, but less so for support strategies. Differences were found between students in 4-year and 2-year degree programs. The most common strategies were problem-solving and global, while support strategies were least used. The document reviews related literature on strategy use and proficiency levels in various EFL contexts.
Reading is a skill that is initially taught in schools. Students are introduced to the alphabet and later learn to read texts. Reading Foreign languages is also introduced when students learn a foreign language. The student requires reading activities that include vocabulary learning. Extensive reading is one of the practical activities of reading. Nowadays, extensive reading activities include reading printed and digital text in e-books, journals, and internet and social media articles. In addition, digital extensive reading research on university students of agriculture is still rare. Thus, research on digital-mediated extensive reading in agricultural students’ needs to be conducted to investigate whether it improves their reading comprehension. This study involved 84 agricultural students majoring Agroecotechnology study program. The participants take an English course. The data for this study was taken from the pre-test and post-test scores and questionnaire. The data will be analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the study shows that the digital-mediated extensive reading effectively enhances the student's reading comprehension in English as academic purposes (EAP) setting, and the students express that the digital-mediated extensive reading provides flexibility, technology utilization, and reading.
Developing Extensive Reading Strategies_ A Case Study of Ten Indonesian EFL L...Rudi Haryono
This study investigated the effects of an extensive reading program on 10 Indonesian EFL students over 12 weeks. The students faced various difficulties with extensive reading related to managing time, understanding new vocabulary, and maintaining interest or mood. However, they also perceived benefits including improved reading ability, larger vocabulary, increased motivation to read, and a more enjoyable reading experience. The findings provide insights into supporting students' extensive reading through addressing time management, selecting appropriately leveled materials, and cultivating positive reading habits and attitudes.
This study aims to investigate Indonesian senior high school teachers’ perceptions of using the first language (L1) when teaching English because Indonesian teachers tend to have negative perceptions toward the application of the L1, while the L1 is needed in a situation where Indonesian students have limited skills in English. The semi-structured interview was applied to collect data, while thematic analysis was used to analyse it. The result showed that the teachers have three different positions in perceiving the use of the L1: the virtual position, maximal, and optimal positions. Although they have different perceptions toward the application of the L1, a major insight can be concluded about the limited use of the L1 for specific reasons, such as considering teachers’ and students’ English abilities, learners’ needs, and the type and the difficulty of the given task or assignment. The L1 can be functioned as scaffolding in three aspects: when teaching grammar, vocabulary, and when giving instructions. Teachers may consider this study’s results as the information to use the L1 in classrooms. This may also be beneficial for Indonesian educational stakeholders and the government to specifically define what type of scaffolding that teachers can use the L1 to teach English.
The use of a blog as a platform for extensive reading becomes valuable since it provides the possibility of readership and opportunity for interaction and collaboration. As the online journal facilitating users to display information in chronological order and connected to the Internet, the blog also can help students to get a wide variety of reading materials, which should be conducted in extensive reading activities. However, the use of a blog in this study is integrated with the process of learning in the classroom so that the students can use it for reporting their reading activities and share what they read beyond the classroom. This study is conducted during one semester in one of the universities in Indonesia using six students of the first grade joining an extensive reading course as the participants. In this research, a case study is used as a research method. It aims at analyzing the students' perception of the use of blogs in extensive reading. Findings show that the blog is beneficial for promoting the students' reading interest, building autonomy and creativity, and providing a reflective platform. The blog consists of several features allowing students to get the numerous reading sources that are appropriate with their language level and interest. Therefore, it becomes useful since it can facilitate students to build their responsibility to select their reading material and to reflect the progress of their learning activities.
Language attitude study has proven to reveal students’ success and failure in learning language. Attitude is not innate, but learned. Students learn to grow and improve their positive language attitudes towards foreign languages through certain programs at schools. The aim of this research is to investigate the language attitude of students in an Indonesian Islamic boarding school towards English as a foreign Language and to describe why they have the attitude. The respondents were 49 students of 2nd grade of senior high school classes from HAC (High-Achieving Class) and LAC (Low-Achieving Class). The design of this research was mixed method using explanatory sequential design. To obtain the data, the instrument used was a questionnaire consisting of cognitive, affective and conative components of language attitudes. Interview was carried out to acquire the reason the students had the attitudes. The finding was both HAC and LAC students’ language attitudes were mostly positive (91.83%) in cognitive, affective and conative language attitudes. Some (8.17%) had different language attitudes. They showed positive language attitudes, but acquired low scores and showed negative language attitudes, but acquired high scores. The interview revealed this phenomenon.
While research on cognitive and metacognitive abilities of bilingual and biliterate students has been advancing, limited studies have examined these influences in the Arabic context.
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A Descriptive Analysis Of The Metacognitive Reading Strategies Employed By EF...Bryce Nelson
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This article aims at exposing a design of project based content language integrated learning (CLIL) at a higher education insitution in Indonesia. Th design is proposed based on a mixture of the principle of language integrated learning (CLIL) and the principle of project based learning. The design was implemented for the teaching of English as a compulsory subject at three departments of the university of Lampung. Quantitative data was obtained from the value of students’ English proficiency before and after CLIL model application. While the qualitative data was obtained from the output of language produced by students during the learning process took place. The results showed that project based CLIL English language course at the faculty of teaching and education, the University of Lampung could work effectively. This is evident from the implementation of the whole program activities, from the implementation of the formation of groups, students work in groups to finish the project, group presentation activities, personal presentations and students’ responses to all activities.
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Research topic: Comparing the effect of paired versus repeated reading on improving Saudi EFL students' reading fluency.
Introduction
Fluency reading in one of acquired skill that is significantly important in formal communication. The art of reading involves coordination of brain functions and eyes. However, fluency in reading is an improved skill that can acquired through practice. People with physical or mental impairment might have difficulty in reading. All students in a class have distinct reading abilities. In prompting their fluency in reading, the two methods is applied; paired and repeated reading. In paired reading, two or more students are grouped and subjected to similar reading material assessing the reading pattern for each. Every student here will exhibit a unique reading style to compete with others. On the other hand, in repeated reading, students with fluency reading difficulties are subjected to repeat reading exercise in which assessment in done on every stage acquainting the level of fluency (Gorsuch, & Taguchi, 2008).
Saudi Arabia is an Arabic speaking nation. Their countries first language is Arabic. Their English learning experience is greatly hampered by reading difficulty since it’s a foreign (second) language. A study done in one of Saudi EFL teachers college showed that the student had a significant interest in learning how to improve their reading experience. It was discovered that, at least 20% of those interested in English, had a significant competitive experience in acquiring the standard rate of fluency in reading (Williams, 2013). Some of the factors highlighted as leading impediment to the improved fluency reading were; difficulty in understanding the meaning of the text, spelling and pronunciation problems, difficulty in scanning and skimming, limited vocabulary, syntactic parsing difficulty among others.
There are many ways of enhancing fluency reading skills. These skills can better be improved during younger ages of the reader. However, fluency in reading can be improved by training children to read aloud. These provide a clear model for fluent reading during elementary periods of learning ( Chang,2010) . Fluency can also be enhanced when learners listens to an audio recording and systematically listening along the audio. It can also be attained through practice sight words using playful activities.
Learners can enhance their reading fluency through training and performance in reading theaters or spoken word competitions. ( Al-Otaibi, 2004), choral reading is a practice by which the teacher reads an enlarged text several time until the leaner’s master the text and can fluently read it on their own. This is also another way of improving fluency reading( Kuhn , 2015 ). The prime purpose in this study is to compare the significance of the two basic methods of improving fluency among the EFL students and how the counteracting effects on the methods.
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A Model Of Research Paper Writing Instructional Materials For Academic Writin...Melinda Watson
This document discusses the design of instructional materials for an academic writing course focusing on research paper writing for students in Indonesia. It begins with an analysis of students' needs based on questionnaires and interviews, which found that students struggled with academic writing and needed more guidance on writing research papers. The document then outlines the steps taken to design an instructional model, including exploring existing materials, developing a new model, testing the model, and planning implementation. The goal of the new model is to improve students' research paper writing skills through engaging materials and activities focused on the different components of writing a research paper.
American Research Journal of Humanities & Social Science (ARJHSS) is a double blind peer reviewed, open access journal published by (ARJHSS).
The main objective of ARJHSS is to provide an intellectual platform for the international scholars. ARJHSS aims to promote interdisciplinary studies in Humanities & Social Science and become the leading journal in Humanities & Social Science in the world.
Using Warm Up Activities to Improve the Students’ Speaking Skills An Action R...ijtsrd
This is an action research project about speaking skills at Dong Nai Technology University. Its objectives are to find out students’ attitudes toward warm up activities as well as whether warm up activities can improve the students’ speaking skills or not. The data were collected through tests, questionnaires and observations. There were two classes attending in this research. Class A studied English speaking skills with warm up activities but class B studied without warm up activities. The results showed that warm up activities basically have had a very little effect on students’ speaking skills. Le Thi Hong Tuyen "Using Warm-Up Activities to Improve the Students’ Speaking Skills: An Action Research Project at Dong Nai Technology University" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-2 , February 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38429.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/english/38429/using-warmup-activities-to-improve-the-students’-speaking-skills-an-action-research-project-at-dong-nai-technology-university/le-thi-hong-tuyen
This document discusses a research proposal that aims to examine the effectiveness of using various media to teach vocabulary to eighth grade students at SMPN 3 Teluk Dalam. Specifically, it will focus on visual media like flashcards, crossword puzzles, and word walls. The background discusses the importance of English and vocabulary learning in Indonesia. The problem statement asks if various media can effectively improve students' vocabulary. The objectives are to determine if media helps vocabulary achievement. The significance is that it could benefit students, teachers, and future research. The scope is limited to visual media and measuring improvement in nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
The assessment of positive effect on English reading habit, mini-research on ...Kum Visal
This literature review examines the impact of English reading habits on university students. It explores several hypotheses, including that increasing English reading can improve students' mindsets and performance, as well as graduation rates. The review identifies 4 research objectives: 1) determining the most influential factors behind improved results from increased English reading, 2) analyzing the importance of foreign language materials, 3) finding out students' English reading abilities and possibilities, and 4) identifying differences in knowledge gained from other sources. It also lists 4 research questions related to these objectives. The review then examines the background, strategies, and extensive knowledge of reading, as well as procedural reading approaches.
The aim of this research study is to analyze the appropriateness of the English syllabus according to the true language needs, which is being offered to the students of International Relations Department of Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. To carry out this research study, students of IR department (Part 1 and 2) have been taken as a sample population to collect required data. To check the appropriateness of the offered English syllabus and existing level of English language competence according to the students’ needs; two research tools have been taken as: test and interview. In order to get the actual feedback from the students, a test consisted of four basic skills of English (listening, speaking, reading and writing) was conducted to 50 students of IR department. Interview was conducted to the teachers of IR department in order to get the actual information about the appropriateness of the English syllabus and the competency level of the students. Collected data through both the sources were analyzed qualitatively as well as quantitatively. The findings from these sources provided the results which were expected before the accomplishment of this research work. The findings of this research advocated that the EAP should be adopted to make the existing syllabus appropriate and need based in order to refine the basic English language skills of the students. This recommended course is very productive for social sciences disciplines of the BZU.
This document discusses a research proposal on improving students' English vocabulary mastery at SMP Taman Siswa Central Jakarta. The researcher aims to analyze vocabulary teaching strategies used by teachers and their role in vocabulary mastery. Some key strategies mentioned are making word lists, using the keyword method, and memorization. Student factors like interest in courses, willingness to learn, and rank are also discussed. The study's significance, literature review, methodology, findings and discussion are presented.
English reading strategic instructions effectiveness on reading comprehensionAhmad Mashhood
The document summarizes research on the effect of English reading strategic instructions on Pakistani ESL learners' reading comprehension. It finds that Pakistani ESL learners have weak English reading abilities and lack of proper reading strategies hinders their comprehension. The document reviews literature on reading strategies, comprehension, and strategic instructions. It identifies gaps such as a lack of research on implementing effective instructions in Pakistan. The conclusion is that teaching reading strategies through strategic instructions can improve Pakistani ESL learners' comprehension, but more research is needed on applying proven approaches in the Pakistani context.
This study aims to determine the effectiveness of implementing a multilayer model in lesson plan (LP) to increase the vocabulary knowledge of deaf students. This study is single-subject research with an A-B-A design (baseline-intervention-maintenance). The intervention instrument used was a LP that consisted of four units, each containing four words taught using multilayers. The instrument was validated and scored 4.6 on a scale of 1-5. The subjects who participated in the study were two students with severe deafness. Two teachers and two observers were involved in this study. The data were analyzed by inspecting the graph, intracondition, and intercondition. The percentage of non-overlapping data (PND) from the inter-condition was used to indicate the effectiveness of the intervention. It was found that the mean value of PND B/A for all LP from subject-1 was 96.25%, and from subject-2 was 100%. Thus, the multilayer model is very effective in improving vocabulary knowledge. The mean of PND A/B was 93.75%, and subject-2 achieved 89.87%, which means that the subject's vocabulary knowledge is maintained even without intervention.
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REGISTER JOURNAL has the perspectives of languages and language teachings. This journal aims at presenting and discussing some outstanding issues dealing with language and language teachings
This journal encompasses original research articles, and short communications, including:
Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
Semantics
Pragmatics
Psycholinguistics
Sociolinguistics
Discourse Analysis
Linguistics in Education
Linguistics in Literature
Language Acquisitions
English Language Teaching (ELT)
English as Second Language (ESL)
English as Foreign Language (EFL)
English for Specific Purpose (ESP)
The Effect of Listening Activities on Students' Listening Comprehensionijtsrd
The document discusses the effect of different listening activities (pre-listening, while-listening, and post-listening) on students' listening comprehension. It describes each type of activity and analyzes the results of a test administered to 30 students, which found that while-listening activities had the strongest positive impact on listening comprehension scores. Specifically, the group that listened to a text and questions twice during the activity scored highest on average. The document concludes that various listening activities can help improve EFL students' development of the important listening skill.
A Study on the Effective Teaching Learning Process in English Curriculum at t...ijtsrd
“One Language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way” Frank Smith English as a foreign language or as a second language has been ruling in India since the period of Lord Macaulay. But the question is how much we teach or learn English properly in our culture. Is there any scope to use English as a language rather than a subject How much we learn or teach English without any interference of mother language specially in the classroom teaching learning scenario in West Bengal By considering all these issues the researcher has attempted in this article to focus on the effective teaching learning process comparing to other traditional strategies in the field of English curriculum at the secondary level to investigate whether they fulfill the present teaching learning requirements or not by examining the validity of the present curriculum of English. The purpose of this study is to focus on the effectiveness of the systematic, scientific, sequential and logical transaction of the course between the teachers and the learners in the perspective of the 5Es programme that is engage, explore, explain, extend and evaluate. Sanchali Mondal | Santinath Sarkar "A Study on the Effective Teaching Learning Process in English Curriculum at the Secondary Level of West Bengal" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-1 , February 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd62412.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/62412/a-study-on-the-effective-teaching-learning-process-in-english-curriculum-at-the-secondary-level-of-west-bengal/sanchali-mondal
Listening is one of the basic language skills that must be possesed by student in elementary teacher education study program. As a teacher candidates, listening ability can be used as knowledge for student in teaching practice in elementary school. The listening ability is still relatively low. Listening ability for students its important, so need a have efforts and attention.This study aims to improve the students listening ability through the implementation of UKBI. UKBI is a proficiency test of Indonesian language that used as a method to measured proficiency of someone’s language ability. This study used classroom action research with two cycles. This study was conducted on 41 students class 2 A of elementary teacher education student in Ahmad Dahlan University. Data collection methods was used test and observation. The results showed that the implementation of UKBI can improve the listening ability to elementary teacher education student. This was proved in cycle I and cycle II with the increase of the average listening scores of 75.12 and 83.05 and the classical completeness of 78.05% and 90.24%. Analysis of the listening scores showed that remembering is the most prominent ability among understanding and analyzing.
This thesis examines the use of short stories to improve eighth grade students' vocabulary mastery at MTs Negeri Tarakan. It aims to determine if short stories significantly improve students' mastery of content and function words, and whether effects differ between male and female students. The study is motivated by students' difficulties with vocabulary and problems teachers face in increasing motivation. It is hypothesized that short stories will improve vocabulary scores compared to a control group, and that effects may differ by gender. The study scope is limited to analyzing content and function word mastery through pre- and post-tests of students taught with and without short stories. Results are intended to provide information on short stories' effectiveness and influence teaching methods.
Vocabulary learning is an integral part of foreign language learning. The meaning of new words is very often emphasised, both in books and in verbal communication. Vocabulary is considered a centre of language teaching and is very important for language learners. This study found a daily code-mixing strategy in learning English vocabulary in the second grade of secondary school. The method used is qualitative and quantitative. The research phase includes pre-test and post-test, questionnaire and interview. The findings show that there is an influence on the level of student skills in using the strategy. Furthermore, it also found that students with higher vocabulary levels tended to take lessons in class interactively, this became fun, and students could motivate themselves they usually succeeded in learning by asking, monitoring and evaluating their learning habits. The findings also show that students with low vocabulary levels tend to choose to ignore direction and lack of participation, which means that they do not care about the course of the teacher and still carry unfavourable habits in the classroom. The findings of this study contribute to the further development of existing code-mixing theory and about vocabulary students and strategies. This study refers to giving benefits to classroom practice in the Indonesian context, specifically in increasing EFL teacher awareness so as not to focus solely on existing strategies, but rather look at the phenomena that occur around to create new strategies in teaching English.
Implementation BIPA Learning in Central Java Higher EducationAJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT : This study aims to determine the implementation of BIPA learning in Central Java because
important things can be known so that they can be improved and so it means that further development is carried
out to maximize the BIPA learning process. This research uses a qualitative approach with an exploratory case
study type. The results of this research are that careful planning and preparing the curriculum from the start is
needed, especially in making learning plans. For lecturers, it is important to know the characteristics and
language skills of BIPA students who come to study so they can make appropriate learning plans. Furthermore,
in the BIPA learning process, it is known that there is time management that needs to be improved by lecturers
and students. Then, the learning media used by the three universities has been implemented well, but the
learning process is still being developed by lecturers because sometimes it is not in accordance with the needs of
students whose speaking skills are still low.
KEYWORD :Implementation, bipa learning, central java, higher education.
Indonesian lecturers are now encouraged to publish papers in international journals so that they can better disseminate research findings and innovations globally. However, many of them have the problems with English language mastery. This study was aimed at identifying and analyzing language problems of the Indonesian university lecturers in writing English academic papers for international publications. The subjects of the study were 66 randomly selected lecturers of various disciplines other than English Education and English Literature. The data were collected by questionnaire and English writing tasks on phrases, sentences, and paragraphs which were then analyzed descriptively. The results show that language errors and mistakes in grammar, syntax, vocabulary, spelling and word forms were all found in the subjects’ writings. In writing academic papers for international publications, university lecturers faced language problems as constructing phrases and sentences, choosing and using appropriate vocabulary and terms relevant to their topic of study as well as translating their Indonesian sentences into English.
The role of entrepreneurship in addressing the issue of educated unemployment is well acknowledged, while its specific implications for health professions students remain inadequately explored. This study's main objective is to investigate entrepreneurship education's effect on entrepreneurial intention by considering entrepreneurial self-efficacy as a mediator in students majoring in medical laboratory technology. This quantitative research uses an exploratory approach involving 300 respondents determined through simple random sampling techniques and analyzed using partial least square structural equation model (PLS-SEM). The analysis revealed that entrepreneurship education directly impacts self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, entrepreneurial self-efficacy was identified to exert a positive mediating effect between these variables. However, the effect size between the relationships of the research variables is low. Nevertheless, higher education offering health majors can optimize entrepreneurship education by implementing practical learning and field experience to increase confidence and intention in entrepreneurial activities.
Recent studies claimed that the absence of a paradigm is a challenge to developing education for sustainable development and soft skills competencies. This integrative study examines stimulating these transferable and transversal competencies through constructivist approaches to teaching from the cognitive, social, radical, and critical perspectives. The study argues that the use of constructivist approaches to teaching can contribute to the achievement of education for sustainable development and soft skills competencies through the delegation of power from teachers/lecturers to students. This, in active and interactive classrooms, empowers students and builds their confidence to develop on the personal, academic, and professional levels. The use of the cognitive constructivist approach assists in developing competencies based on a clear understanding of the cognitive structures of students in a vibrant classroom environment. The use of the social constructivist approach assists in constructing individualized learning environment based on predetermined zones of proximal development in sociocultural contexts. The radical and critical constructivist approaches to teaching, through the rejection of conventional epistemologies, allow students the freedom to creatively address issues related to environmental, economic, and social sustainability. This becomes effective through the fostering of self and social awareness, challenging existing ideas, and provoking innovative thoughts that are necessary to shape a sustainable future.
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Research topic: Comparing the effect of paired versus repeated reading on improving Saudi EFL students' reading fluency.
Introduction
Fluency reading in one of acquired skill that is significantly important in formal communication. The art of reading involves coordination of brain functions and eyes. However, fluency in reading is an improved skill that can acquired through practice. People with physical or mental impairment might have difficulty in reading. All students in a class have distinct reading abilities. In prompting their fluency in reading, the two methods is applied; paired and repeated reading. In paired reading, two or more students are grouped and subjected to similar reading material assessing the reading pattern for each. Every student here will exhibit a unique reading style to compete with others. On the other hand, in repeated reading, students with fluency reading difficulties are subjected to repeat reading exercise in which assessment in done on every stage acquainting the level of fluency (Gorsuch, & Taguchi, 2008).
Saudi Arabia is an Arabic speaking nation. Their countries first language is Arabic. Their English learning experience is greatly hampered by reading difficulty since it’s a foreign (second) language. A study done in one of Saudi EFL teachers college showed that the student had a significant interest in learning how to improve their reading experience. It was discovered that, at least 20% of those interested in English, had a significant competitive experience in acquiring the standard rate of fluency in reading (Williams, 2013). Some of the factors highlighted as leading impediment to the improved fluency reading were; difficulty in understanding the meaning of the text, spelling and pronunciation problems, difficulty in scanning and skimming, limited vocabulary, syntactic parsing difficulty among others.
There are many ways of enhancing fluency reading skills. These skills can better be improved during younger ages of the reader. However, fluency in reading can be improved by training children to read aloud. These provide a clear model for fluent reading during elementary periods of learning ( Chang,2010) . Fluency can also be enhanced when learners listens to an audio recording and systematically listening along the audio. It can also be attained through practice sight words using playful activities.
Learners can enhance their reading fluency through training and performance in reading theaters or spoken word competitions. ( Al-Otaibi, 2004), choral reading is a practice by which the teacher reads an enlarged text several time until the leaner’s master the text and can fluently read it on their own. This is also another way of improving fluency reading( Kuhn , 2015 ). The prime purpose in this study is to compare the significance of the two basic methods of improving fluency among the EFL students and how the counteracting effects on the methods.
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A Model Of Research Paper Writing Instructional Materials For Academic Writin...Melinda Watson
This document discusses the design of instructional materials for an academic writing course focusing on research paper writing for students in Indonesia. It begins with an analysis of students' needs based on questionnaires and interviews, which found that students struggled with academic writing and needed more guidance on writing research papers. The document then outlines the steps taken to design an instructional model, including exploring existing materials, developing a new model, testing the model, and planning implementation. The goal of the new model is to improve students' research paper writing skills through engaging materials and activities focused on the different components of writing a research paper.
American Research Journal of Humanities & Social Science (ARJHSS) is a double blind peer reviewed, open access journal published by (ARJHSS).
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Using Warm Up Activities to Improve the Students’ Speaking Skills An Action R...ijtsrd
This is an action research project about speaking skills at Dong Nai Technology University. Its objectives are to find out students’ attitudes toward warm up activities as well as whether warm up activities can improve the students’ speaking skills or not. The data were collected through tests, questionnaires and observations. There were two classes attending in this research. Class A studied English speaking skills with warm up activities but class B studied without warm up activities. The results showed that warm up activities basically have had a very little effect on students’ speaking skills. Le Thi Hong Tuyen "Using Warm-Up Activities to Improve the Students’ Speaking Skills: An Action Research Project at Dong Nai Technology University" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-2 , February 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38429.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/english/38429/using-warmup-activities-to-improve-the-students’-speaking-skills-an-action-research-project-at-dong-nai-technology-university/le-thi-hong-tuyen
This document discusses a research proposal that aims to examine the effectiveness of using various media to teach vocabulary to eighth grade students at SMPN 3 Teluk Dalam. Specifically, it will focus on visual media like flashcards, crossword puzzles, and word walls. The background discusses the importance of English and vocabulary learning in Indonesia. The problem statement asks if various media can effectively improve students' vocabulary. The objectives are to determine if media helps vocabulary achievement. The significance is that it could benefit students, teachers, and future research. The scope is limited to visual media and measuring improvement in nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
The assessment of positive effect on English reading habit, mini-research on ...Kum Visal
This literature review examines the impact of English reading habits on university students. It explores several hypotheses, including that increasing English reading can improve students' mindsets and performance, as well as graduation rates. The review identifies 4 research objectives: 1) determining the most influential factors behind improved results from increased English reading, 2) analyzing the importance of foreign language materials, 3) finding out students' English reading abilities and possibilities, and 4) identifying differences in knowledge gained from other sources. It also lists 4 research questions related to these objectives. The review then examines the background, strategies, and extensive knowledge of reading, as well as procedural reading approaches.
The aim of this research study is to analyze the appropriateness of the English syllabus according to the true language needs, which is being offered to the students of International Relations Department of Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. To carry out this research study, students of IR department (Part 1 and 2) have been taken as a sample population to collect required data. To check the appropriateness of the offered English syllabus and existing level of English language competence according to the students’ needs; two research tools have been taken as: test and interview. In order to get the actual feedback from the students, a test consisted of four basic skills of English (listening, speaking, reading and writing) was conducted to 50 students of IR department. Interview was conducted to the teachers of IR department in order to get the actual information about the appropriateness of the English syllabus and the competency level of the students. Collected data through both the sources were analyzed qualitatively as well as quantitatively. The findings from these sources provided the results which were expected before the accomplishment of this research work. The findings of this research advocated that the EAP should be adopted to make the existing syllabus appropriate and need based in order to refine the basic English language skills of the students. This recommended course is very productive for social sciences disciplines of the BZU.
This document discusses a research proposal on improving students' English vocabulary mastery at SMP Taman Siswa Central Jakarta. The researcher aims to analyze vocabulary teaching strategies used by teachers and their role in vocabulary mastery. Some key strategies mentioned are making word lists, using the keyword method, and memorization. Student factors like interest in courses, willingness to learn, and rank are also discussed. The study's significance, literature review, methodology, findings and discussion are presented.
English reading strategic instructions effectiveness on reading comprehensionAhmad Mashhood
The document summarizes research on the effect of English reading strategic instructions on Pakistani ESL learners' reading comprehension. It finds that Pakistani ESL learners have weak English reading abilities and lack of proper reading strategies hinders their comprehension. The document reviews literature on reading strategies, comprehension, and strategic instructions. It identifies gaps such as a lack of research on implementing effective instructions in Pakistan. The conclusion is that teaching reading strategies through strategic instructions can improve Pakistani ESL learners' comprehension, but more research is needed on applying proven approaches in the Pakistani context.
This study aims to determine the effectiveness of implementing a multilayer model in lesson plan (LP) to increase the vocabulary knowledge of deaf students. This study is single-subject research with an A-B-A design (baseline-intervention-maintenance). The intervention instrument used was a LP that consisted of four units, each containing four words taught using multilayers. The instrument was validated and scored 4.6 on a scale of 1-5. The subjects who participated in the study were two students with severe deafness. Two teachers and two observers were involved in this study. The data were analyzed by inspecting the graph, intracondition, and intercondition. The percentage of non-overlapping data (PND) from the inter-condition was used to indicate the effectiveness of the intervention. It was found that the mean value of PND B/A for all LP from subject-1 was 96.25%, and from subject-2 was 100%. Thus, the multilayer model is very effective in improving vocabulary knowledge. The mean of PND A/B was 93.75%, and subject-2 achieved 89.87%, which means that the subject's vocabulary knowledge is maintained even without intervention.
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REGISTER JOURNAL has the perspectives of languages and language teachings. This journal aims at presenting and discussing some outstanding issues dealing with language and language teachings
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The Effect of Listening Activities on Students' Listening Comprehensionijtsrd
The document discusses the effect of different listening activities (pre-listening, while-listening, and post-listening) on students' listening comprehension. It describes each type of activity and analyzes the results of a test administered to 30 students, which found that while-listening activities had the strongest positive impact on listening comprehension scores. Specifically, the group that listened to a text and questions twice during the activity scored highest on average. The document concludes that various listening activities can help improve EFL students' development of the important listening skill.
A Study on the Effective Teaching Learning Process in English Curriculum at t...ijtsrd
“One Language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way” Frank Smith English as a foreign language or as a second language has been ruling in India since the period of Lord Macaulay. But the question is how much we teach or learn English properly in our culture. Is there any scope to use English as a language rather than a subject How much we learn or teach English without any interference of mother language specially in the classroom teaching learning scenario in West Bengal By considering all these issues the researcher has attempted in this article to focus on the effective teaching learning process comparing to other traditional strategies in the field of English curriculum at the secondary level to investigate whether they fulfill the present teaching learning requirements or not by examining the validity of the present curriculum of English. The purpose of this study is to focus on the effectiveness of the systematic, scientific, sequential and logical transaction of the course between the teachers and the learners in the perspective of the 5Es programme that is engage, explore, explain, extend and evaluate. Sanchali Mondal | Santinath Sarkar "A Study on the Effective Teaching Learning Process in English Curriculum at the Secondary Level of West Bengal" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-1 , February 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd62412.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/62412/a-study-on-the-effective-teaching-learning-process-in-english-curriculum-at-the-secondary-level-of-west-bengal/sanchali-mondal
Listening is one of the basic language skills that must be possesed by student in elementary teacher education study program. As a teacher candidates, listening ability can be used as knowledge for student in teaching practice in elementary school. The listening ability is still relatively low. Listening ability for students its important, so need a have efforts and attention.This study aims to improve the students listening ability through the implementation of UKBI. UKBI is a proficiency test of Indonesian language that used as a method to measured proficiency of someone’s language ability. This study used classroom action research with two cycles. This study was conducted on 41 students class 2 A of elementary teacher education student in Ahmad Dahlan University. Data collection methods was used test and observation. The results showed that the implementation of UKBI can improve the listening ability to elementary teacher education student. This was proved in cycle I and cycle II with the increase of the average listening scores of 75.12 and 83.05 and the classical completeness of 78.05% and 90.24%. Analysis of the listening scores showed that remembering is the most prominent ability among understanding and analyzing.
This thesis examines the use of short stories to improve eighth grade students' vocabulary mastery at MTs Negeri Tarakan. It aims to determine if short stories significantly improve students' mastery of content and function words, and whether effects differ between male and female students. The study is motivated by students' difficulties with vocabulary and problems teachers face in increasing motivation. It is hypothesized that short stories will improve vocabulary scores compared to a control group, and that effects may differ by gender. The study scope is limited to analyzing content and function word mastery through pre- and post-tests of students taught with and without short stories. Results are intended to provide information on short stories' effectiveness and influence teaching methods.
Vocabulary learning is an integral part of foreign language learning. The meaning of new words is very often emphasised, both in books and in verbal communication. Vocabulary is considered a centre of language teaching and is very important for language learners. This study found a daily code-mixing strategy in learning English vocabulary in the second grade of secondary school. The method used is qualitative and quantitative. The research phase includes pre-test and post-test, questionnaire and interview. The findings show that there is an influence on the level of student skills in using the strategy. Furthermore, it also found that students with higher vocabulary levels tended to take lessons in class interactively, this became fun, and students could motivate themselves they usually succeeded in learning by asking, monitoring and evaluating their learning habits. The findings also show that students with low vocabulary levels tend to choose to ignore direction and lack of participation, which means that they do not care about the course of the teacher and still carry unfavourable habits in the classroom. The findings of this study contribute to the further development of existing code-mixing theory and about vocabulary students and strategies. This study refers to giving benefits to classroom practice in the Indonesian context, specifically in increasing EFL teacher awareness so as not to focus solely on existing strategies, but rather look at the phenomena that occur around to create new strategies in teaching English.
Implementation BIPA Learning in Central Java Higher EducationAJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT : This study aims to determine the implementation of BIPA learning in Central Java because
important things can be known so that they can be improved and so it means that further development is carried
out to maximize the BIPA learning process. This research uses a qualitative approach with an exploratory case
study type. The results of this research are that careful planning and preparing the curriculum from the start is
needed, especially in making learning plans. For lecturers, it is important to know the characteristics and
language skills of BIPA students who come to study so they can make appropriate learning plans. Furthermore,
in the BIPA learning process, it is known that there is time management that needs to be improved by lecturers
and students. Then, the learning media used by the three universities has been implemented well, but the
learning process is still being developed by lecturers because sometimes it is not in accordance with the needs of
students whose speaking skills are still low.
KEYWORD :Implementation, bipa learning, central java, higher education.
Indonesian lecturers are now encouraged to publish papers in international journals so that they can better disseminate research findings and innovations globally. However, many of them have the problems with English language mastery. This study was aimed at identifying and analyzing language problems of the Indonesian university lecturers in writing English academic papers for international publications. The subjects of the study were 66 randomly selected lecturers of various disciplines other than English Education and English Literature. The data were collected by questionnaire and English writing tasks on phrases, sentences, and paragraphs which were then analyzed descriptively. The results show that language errors and mistakes in grammar, syntax, vocabulary, spelling and word forms were all found in the subjects’ writings. In writing academic papers for international publications, university lecturers faced language problems as constructing phrases and sentences, choosing and using appropriate vocabulary and terms relevant to their topic of study as well as translating their Indonesian sentences into English.
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The role of entrepreneurship in addressing the issue of educated unemployment is well acknowledged, while its specific implications for health professions students remain inadequately explored. This study's main objective is to investigate entrepreneurship education's effect on entrepreneurial intention by considering entrepreneurial self-efficacy as a mediator in students majoring in medical laboratory technology. This quantitative research uses an exploratory approach involving 300 respondents determined through simple random sampling techniques and analyzed using partial least square structural equation model (PLS-SEM). The analysis revealed that entrepreneurship education directly impacts self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, entrepreneurial self-efficacy was identified to exert a positive mediating effect between these variables. However, the effect size between the relationships of the research variables is low. Nevertheless, higher education offering health majors can optimize entrepreneurship education by implementing practical learning and field experience to increase confidence and intention in entrepreneurial activities.
Recent studies claimed that the absence of a paradigm is a challenge to developing education for sustainable development and soft skills competencies. This integrative study examines stimulating these transferable and transversal competencies through constructivist approaches to teaching from the cognitive, social, radical, and critical perspectives. The study argues that the use of constructivist approaches to teaching can contribute to the achievement of education for sustainable development and soft skills competencies through the delegation of power from teachers/lecturers to students. This, in active and interactive classrooms, empowers students and builds their confidence to develop on the personal, academic, and professional levels. The use of the cognitive constructivist approach assists in developing competencies based on a clear understanding of the cognitive structures of students in a vibrant classroom environment. The use of the social constructivist approach assists in constructing individualized learning environment based on predetermined zones of proximal development in sociocultural contexts. The radical and critical constructivist approaches to teaching, through the rejection of conventional epistemologies, allow students the freedom to creatively address issues related to environmental, economic, and social sustainability. This becomes effective through the fostering of self and social awareness, challenging existing ideas, and provoking innovative thoughts that are necessary to shape a sustainable future.
The research aimed to describe the development of solar electric cars as a prop in energy conversion learning using the analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate (ADDIE) model and to ascertain the effectiveness of an electric car as a prop in energy conversion learning. Utilization of prop in the learning process is one way to support the development of knowledge, skills, and basic needs for delivering material, concepts, and physics information. This research is a descriptive study involving media and pedagogical experts and 40 students of the university in Tasikmalaya. Data collection techniques were carried out through the study of literature, expert validation, and student perception questionnaires. Expert validation and student perception were obtained by using a Likert scale. The expert judgment results were processed using the V value equation developed by Aiken. The results showed a value of 1, meeting the minimum validation requirements. The students also had positive responses to a prop. They have new experience learning in energy conversion and have good media to help their comprehension. It has a significant impact on helping students to achieve their learning goals.
The rise and growing prevalence of juvenile delinquency is a matter of concern for many parties. This study aims to establish a research instrument in the form of a questionnaire that can be deployed to assess the learning environment perceived by high school students. This research endeavor constitutes a developmental study, wherein the outcomes are a single survey instrument encompassing six variables, nineteen indicators, and forty questions. The data-collecting process involved the utilization of a Google Form across five schools in five districts, containing a total of 1615 participants. The analysis of expert data was conducted utilizing V. Aiken and field trials employing confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) Second Order. The findings of this study indicate that the diagnostic survey instrument used to assess the learning environment's impact on the mental health of high school students demonstrated validity, as evidenced by loading factor values exceeding the established minimal threshold. The reliability of the instrument remains insufficient. This survey can be utilized to detect adolescent persistent tendencies carried out by students or other school members that interfere with mental health: the emergence and significant raising of juvenile delinquency.
Marinyo is a culture left by the Portuguese around the 15th century in Maluku. The purpose of this study was to find out to what extent students' misconceptions about the concept of sound in the Marinyo case in the Kepuluan Tanimbar Regency. The method used was a qualitative study in ethnography in ten villages in two sub-districts. In addition, they conducted a survey in the form of a diagnostic test in the form of questions related to the Marinyo case on 300 elementary school students. The findings in the field show that students experience relatively high misconceptions. It was because teachers did not accustom students to learn from natural phenomena around them and were given scientific questions to seek, find and provide answers and solutions related to these natural phenomena. The teacher was more pursuing the conditions and problems of physics in textbooks and less exploring contextual matters. Future researchers are suggested to develop physics or science teaching materials based on regional local advantages that are oriented towards understanding concepts, mental models, critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity and innovative thinking so that teachers and students can learn well so that knowledge of science becomes better.
Online learning is a growing trend in education during the corona virus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the difficulties that online majors in non-English languages have when attempting to acquire English. The subject of this study involved using the questionnaire method for as many as 412 students and interviewing 15 students with a total of 17 questions. The results of this study indicate that there are several challenges faced by students during online learning; i) less familiarity with online learning as shown by 31% of students agreeing that online learning is a new learning method, ii) psychologically 30% of students choose strongly agree that they have limited opportunities to interact directly and freely with lecturers as well as with students, iii) limited facilities and infrastructure as much as 28% agree that the budget is limited to get quota or internet credit, and iv) limited internet access as many as 35% of students do not have good internet coverage to take online lectures. The findings of this study should be a reference for English lecturers to continue learning to innovate in providing online English learning by considering the existing challenges.
English for young learners (EYL) teachers have practiced some creative activities to maintain their pupils’ learning with natural exposure to the target language amidst the pandemic. One activity practiced by Indonesian and Korean teachers was an international collaboration to perform a virtual drama of each country’s folktale. This phenomenological research aimed at tapping the teachers’ perceptions regarding interculturality and world Englishes (WE) in the virtual dramatic play collaboratively conducted and delving into their commitments in honing interculturality and WE. Two Indonesian and Korean teachers were involved in three sessions of in-depth interviews using pre-prepared interview questions. The trustworthiness of the data was achieved by the group discussions allowing the participants to comment on and revise the transcribed data, as well as triangulation by two international collaborators. Thematic analysis was performed to identify emerging themes and to provide novel insights into EYL teachers' encounters with interculturality and WE. The Indonesian and Korean teachers admitted the compatibility between language and culture, the urgency of introducing varieties of English, and the merits of conducting international collaboration to promote interculturality and WE. The teachers are committed to integrate interculturality and WE in their instructions despite some differences in the stipulated curricula.
The fear of failure stops students from thinking logically and processing information in mathematics. Creating an appropriate classroom climate based on every student's ability is crucial to overcoming the prejudices associated with mathematics. In this regard, this study aims to create the best classroom climate approach that will increase interest in mathematics and ensure academic success. For this purpose, mathematicians' views on the classroom climate approach and how they create them were discussed by using qualitative techniques. It was considered that teachers participating in this research are working in 9th grade in state high schools affiliated with the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus Ministry of Education, accepting students through examination. The researchers collected teacher views through a semistructured interview form and analyzed them using context analysis. The findings showed that teachers were in a hurry to teach and generally paid attention to creating a comfortable classroom climate in which students could express their thoughts and opinions. This situation also revealed a lack of adequate classroom climate approach skills among teachers. Therefore, the classroom climate approaches discussed in this study are expected to make a significant contribution to this field by offering solutions to teachers in creating a supportive classroom climate.
The article is devoted to the study of the issue of training future police officers to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in their professional activities. Based on the results of the theoretical analysis of scientific and applied works, modern trends in the development of drones in the activities of law enforcement agencies were identified, and the problem of their implementation in practical activities was outlined. An online survey was conducted in order to study the opinion of scientific, scientific and pedagogical workers and graduates of higher education institutions with specific learning conditions that train police officers about the need to train future police officers in the control of UAVs. The need to introduce into the system of primary professional training the training of service skills using drones is substantiated. On the basis of the study of the content of the training program for unmanned aircraft systems of the first class according to the basic qualification level of the first level, it is proposed to introduce the general professional educational unit “formation of skills and skills of controlling an UAV” into the training program of the primary professional training of police officers in the specified specialty.
English language teaching (ELT) in Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia, commonly known as pesantren, presents a unique context that requires a tailored pedagogical approach. This study aimed to explore the application of context-responsive pedagogy in ELT within the unique context of Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia. This qualitative study employed semistructured interviews and classroom observation as data generation methods to gain insights into the experiences and perspectives of English language teachers regarding the implementation of context-responsive pedagogy in English language instruction. The findings revealed the importance of understanding learner needs, incorporating authentic materials, promoting cultural sensitivity, and effective use of technology in ELT practices in Islamic boarding school contexts. This study delves into how English language teachers navigated and negotiated their practices with the socio-cultural and religious values entrenched in this institution. It also highlighted the challenges English language teachers in this school context faced in the implementation of context-responsive pedagogy. Eventually, this research provides valuable insights for ELT practitioners, policymakers, and researchers interested in incorporating context-specific pedagogy to optimize ELT in Islamic boarding schools and similar educational contexts.
This study aimed to develop and evaluate a training curriculum intended to enhance the quality of life for the elderly. As Thailand witnesses a demographic shift with increasing numbers of older adults, driven by declining birth rates and extended life expectancies, the importance of ensuring quality elderly care becomes paramount. The devised curriculum encompasses eight principal elements focusing on the elderly, defined as those aged 60 and above, addressing their physical and mental changes, well-being, health, and overall satisfaction. The content is holistic, integrating components of music, art, health care, and exercise. Delivered over a two-day period, the curriculum employs a structured approach featuring lectures, discussions, and knowledge exchanges, supported by a range of media and materials. Initial assessments revealed a moderate quality of life among the elderly, but post-training evaluations indicated enhanced knowledge, understanding, and positive attitudes towards the activities, pointing to an overall high level of effectiveness of the curriculum.
The study of the role of the pedagogy of partnership (PoP) in building the professional competence of future primary school teachers is relevant in the context of modern educational and pedagogical transformations, which require the preparation of teachers for new challenges and creating a favourable learning environment. Therefore, the aim of our study was to check the effect of observing the pedagogical partnership principles in the educational process on the development of the communicative competence of future primary school teachers. The study employed the following psychodiagnostic methods: the Thomas-Kilmann conflict mode instrument (TKI), Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI), Snyder’s self-control in communication. The implementation of the PoP programme in higher education institutions (HEIs) has a positive effect on the development of the communicative competence of future teachers, in particular, on developing the ability for self-control and increasing the scope of psychological knowledge. The study revealed some important correlations. Our results indicate that cooperation and the ability to make compromises are directly related to the communicative abilities of future teachers. Further research can be focused on studying the impact of pedagogical partnership on other aspects of future teacher training, such as methodical mastery, motivation for learning and development.
This study examined the relationship between students’ academic performance, teachers’ commitment, and leadership behavior of school administrators. Teachers’ commitment was measured in two areas– commitment to job and commitment to organization and the leadership behavior of school administrators were evaluated in terms of consideration and initiating structure. Eighty-one teachers, 11 school heads, and 470 students served as respondents. The descriptive survey research technique, correlation analysis, and the following statistical methods were used: frequency, mean, standard deviation, and correlation coefficient. The study revealed that the initiating structure and consideration dimensions of leadership behavior affect teachers’ commitment to job (CTJ) and teacher’s commitment to organization (CTO). The correlation between CTJ and CTO and leadership behavior-initiating structure is positive and with leadership behavior-consideration negative. CTJ and CTO is correlated with the students’ academic performance in math, but not in Science and English. The correlation is negative. Students’ academic performance in all subject areas is negatively correlated with leadership behavior-initiating structure and has no significant relationship with leadership behavior-consideration. The leadership behavior-initiating structure is positively correlated with teachers’ commitment to both job and organization but has negative correlation with students’ academic performance in math, science, and English.
This study aims to describe preservice mathematics teacher knowledge of higher order thinking skills in terms of definition, Bloom's taxonomy level, curriculum, learning, and evaluation. This research is quantitative research with a survey method. and sample consisted of 248 preservice mathematics teachers in semesters VI - VIII of the Department of Mathematics Education, Nusa Cendana University, Timor University, and Wira Wacana Sumba University. The instrument used was a questionnaire about high order thinking skill (HOTS) which consisted of 105 statements. Data analysis used Likert's summeted rating, one sample test, Mann Whitney, Kruskall-Wallis tests, multiple linear regression test, and multivariate analyisis of variance (MANOVA) test. The results showed that the knowledge level of preservice mathematics teacher was in the good category. Based on gender differences, there was no significant difference in the average knowledge of preservice mathematics teacher about HOTS, there was a significant difference in the average knowledge of preservice mathematics teacher about HOTS which is significant based on differences in academic ability and gender differences do not significantly affect knowledge about HOTS levels in Bloom's taxonomy, curriculum, and pedagogy while academic knowledge has a significant effect on HOTS knowledge of preservice teachers in almost all aspects except for pedagogy.
Formative assessment is an evaluative practice developed in the classroom for the improvement of learning using evidence on student progression. The objective of this research is to compare sample groups from multigrade and single-grade classrooms on the theme of formative assessment based on the students' opinion of the teacher's performance. The method used was a comparative quantitative method. The sample type is a probability sample of 683 students from 5th to 8th grade from urban and rural schools in the commune of Longaví, located in the Maule Region of Chile. A validated Likert scale questionnaire with a high level of reliability (α = 0.93) was used. The results of the research showed that, in the six dimensions, the best teacher performance concerning formative assessment is found in multi-grade schools and not in single-grade schools. This can be explained on the basis of several reasons, among them the level of adaptability that teachers have in this type of classroom, the heterogeneous characteristics of the classroom (different ages and learning goals) and the need for teachers to monitor the learning progression of students with different classroom characteristics.
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Extensive reading among Agroecotechnology students: What and why they read?
1. Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn)
Vol. 16, No. 2, May 2022, pp. 172~179
ISSN: 2089-9823 DOI: 10.11591/edulearn.v16i2.20427 172
Journal homepage: http://edulearn.intelektual.org
Extensive reading among Agroecotechnology students: What
and why they read?
Mushoffan Prasetianto1
, Rizkiana Maharddhika2
1
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia
2
Department of Socio-Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia
Article Info ABSTRACT
Article history:
Received Nov 27, 2021
Revised March 18, 2022
Accepted May 6, 2022
Reading is a pivotal skill for non-English department students as a vehicle to
update their knowledge. One of reading activity which is beneficial is
extensive reading. Several studies have proved the advantage of extensive
reading, but study regarding what reading material is read by students is
under explored. To fill this gap, this research aimed to uncover what non-
English department students read during extensive reading program and why
they chose that theme. The participants were Agroecotechnology students
(n=52). The data was collected from the reading log sheet and participant
interview. The reading log sheet was analyzed by the researcher to find the
theme of the text that students read. The interview was conducted in
Indonesian to make students at ease. After the interview, the transcript was
written and translated into English. The result shows that there are 32 types
of themes with various frequency distributions. Theme that students read is
mainly caused by their hobby, favorite idol, and a senior student who
influence them to read certain theme.
Keywords:
Extensive reading
Hobby
Favorite idol
Senior student influence
Theme
This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license.
Corresponding Author:
Rizkiana Maharddhika
Department of Socio-Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Brawijaya
Veteran Street, Malang, Indonesia
Email: r-maharddhika@ub.ac.id
1. INTRODUCTION
First Language (L1) reading is a skill which is initially taught in school. Student is introduced to
alphabet at their early education and, then, learn how to read a text. In similar vein, Second Language (L2)
reading is also introduced at first during student learn L2 language. Student learns various reading strategies
in order to fill the purposes of reading. It is also the case for non-English department who take English
course. In English course, non-English department students are equipped with reading skill. It is expected
that the students can gain information related their major of study by reading. Therefore, reading is pivotal
skill for non-English department students as a vehicle to update their knowledge.
For non-English department students, vocabulary development assists them comprehend text related
their major of study. Reading provides vocabulary learning for students. By reading a lot, students can
encounter word with varied use. During reading, students can give attention to words to acquire them because
vocabulary learning depends on “the quality of meetings” with the word [1]. Nation [1] mentioned two types
of attention that students do (incidental and deliberate attention). With a lot of vocabulary knowledge that
student have, they will not find difficulty to read text. Therefore, vocabulary learning plays as fuel, while
reading plays as vehicle for non-English department.
Regarding the importance of reading for non-English department students, teaching reading activity
needs more attention in classroom. Students needs reading classroom activity which cover vocabulary
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learning. One of reading activity which is beneficial is extensive reading. Extensive reading means students
read a lot of reading text in accordance with their language competence. Extensive reading offers students
with text exposure. Students, with the text exposure, are expected to gain vocabulary and knowledge related
to their major of study.
Several studies have confirmed the benefit of extensive reading. Nhapulo et al. [2] found that
extensive reading improves students reading speed. Macalister [3] added that students have positive response
toward extensive reading in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program. Suk [4] found that extensive
reading can increase students’ vocabulary.
The objective of English course in the present study is to help student to improve their writing
ability and also equip students with reading ability so that students can read references related to their major
of study. Therefore, extensive reading was applied in the classroom in order to familiarize students with text.
Several studies have proved the advantage of extensive reading, but study regarding what reading material is
read by students is limited. To fill this gap, the present study aimed to uncover what non-English department
students read during extensive reading program and why they chose that theme.
2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Reading is an essential part for learning a language. It provides language input for acquiring new
vocabularies. Renandya and Jacobs [5] stated that L2 learners gain improvement in vocabulary by exposing
them with a lot of language input. The more learners get an access to large portion of language input, the
more likely they learn language. One alternative to offer students with a lot of language input is extensive
reading. Yamashita [6] supported that input-rich learning environment is through extensive reading.
Extensive reading is defined that students read a lot of texts that they want to read. Several studies
implement extensive reading by using graded readers [3], [7], [8] because the graded readers have a scaffold
level, from easy to difficult, for students to choose. However, Waring [9] contended that extensive reading is
not required be in scaffolded or graded. The reading materials for extensive is not always graded readers, it
can be teacher-made reading materials if the school cannot afford to purchase the published graded readers.
Abundant extensive reading researches have been conducted using various research participants and
settings. In South Korea setting, Lee et al. [10] conducted an experiment study to find out the effect of
extensive reading and translation on grammar knowledge and attitudes involving middle school students.
They concluded that extensive reading and translation activities was effective to improve grammar
knowledge. In Mozambique, Nhapulo et al. [2] conducted extensive reading for 16 weeks. The participants
were university students majoring in Journalism. They conclude that extensive reading gave a good impact
on students’ reading speed and reading comprehension. In Japan, McLean and Rouault [11] conducted
experimental research about the effect of extensive reading on reading rate. Their participants were university
students. They used graded readers for extensive reading group. They found that extensive reading
significantly affects students’ reading rate. In addition, Aka [12] also found that extensive reading affects
high school students’ language knowledge and reading performance.
In Indonesia, Wardani [13] conducted speed reading and extensive reading activities on the
improvement of students’ reading fluency. Her research involved secondary school students. She used
classroom action research design. Her findings showed that speed reading and extensive reading can improve
students reading fluency. Wahjudi [14] applied extensive reading in her class named extensive reading course
for sixth or seventh semester students of English department. She suggested that extensive reading can be
applied earlier, and match the kind of readers with students’ proficiency and interest. Edy [15] also conducted
extensive reading research. He used quasi-factorial design. His participants were second semester students of
English department. He tried to know the effectiveness of extensive reading on reading comprehension and
the students’ motivation. His result showed that extensive reading is effective to improve reading
comprehension, but “there was no interaction with students’ motivation”. Those previous researches in
Indonesia reveal the effect of extensive reading on reading ability and the participants were secondary and
English department students. Extensive reading for non-English department university students is rarely
conducted. Furthermore, extensive reading regarding the reading text that students read and the reason why
the students read a particular text is under explored. To fill this gap, the present research aimed to uncover
what non-English department students read during extensive reading program and the reason why the
students read a particular text.
3. RESEARCH METHOD
The participants of this research were students from Faculty of Agriculture majoring in
Agroecotechnology. The site of the research was one of university in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. There
were two classes involved in this research (n=52). The participants were informed about the research to ask
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whether they were willing to join or not. They were willing to join the research. The participants were
freshmen. The freshmen were chosen because, based on curriculum, English course was offered for the first
year students. The class were held twice a week lasts for 100 minutes each. Furthermore, the participants
come from different region of Indonesia with various reading interest. The research was conducted for seven
weeks starting from beginning of semester until midterm semester.
The participants were given a weekly reading log sheet. Students filled out the weekly log to
monitor their readings [16]. The reading log sheet consisted of five columns, namely week, title, comment,
vocabulary, and sources. Week was the due date when students submit the reading log. Title was an article
students read. Comment was students’ opinion after they read the article. Students only write two or three
sentences in the comment. Vocabulary was difficult vocabulary that students found in the text. Students
should write the Indonesian meaning of difficult vocabulary in that column. Sources was the source where
students get the text e.g., website or book.
During the research, the participants were asked to read any text such as website article, novel,
research article outside classroom weekly. The participants can read everywhere using their smartphone.
They were given freedom to read anything they liked. They were required to read one article every week and
fill out the reading log sheet. There was no theme limitation about what students may read in order to be in
line with the objective of the research. The reading log sheet was submitted to the lecturer on the due date.
The reading log was signed by the lecturer to indicate that the students had already submitted weekly, and
then returned it to students.
The data was collected from the reading log sheet and participant interview. There were 364 texts
from all participants (n=52). At week seven, the reading log sheet was submitted and kept by the researcher.
The reading log sheet was analyzed by the researcher to find the theme of the text that students read. The title
was analyzed and source was opened to read the article and then find the theme of the article read by the
students. After that, the same theme was grouped and tabulated. Students who had read the same theme for
seven weeks were interviewed. Semi-structured interview was used for interview. The interview was used to
know why students chose that article. The interview was conducted in Indonesian to make students at ease.
After the interview, the transcript was written and translated into English. From the transcript, the researcher
identifies the reason why student chose that article. The interviews were stopped when the data was saturated.
4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1. Students’ reading themes
Based on the analysis of reading log sheet, the following results were obtained. It is found that there
are 32 types of themes with various frequency distributions. The total number of frequency distribution of the
theme is 364. The list of themes and the frequency distribution are presented in Table 1.
Table 1. List of themes and its frequency distribution
No Theme f No. Theme f No. Theme f
1 Technology 11 16 Education 16 31 Novel 10
2 Story 20 17 Fisheries 1 31 Photography 1
3 News 66 18 Games 1 32 Art 1
4 Animal 3 19 Religion 3
5 Tourism 10 20 Psychology 10
6 Entertainment 33 21 Culture 4
7 Sport 29 22 Biography 1
8 Agriculture 44 23 Ecosystem 1
9 Traveling 4 24 Architecture 1
10 Automotive 2 25 Parenting 1
11 Music 12 26 Food 8
12 Health 41 27 Mining 3
13 Economy 8 28 Livestock 2
14 Environment 11 29 Politics 1
15 Fashion 3 30 Science 2
Total frequency 364
Table 1 shows that the theme that students read are diverse. The theme is free-ranging starting from
art to science, from education to politics, from health to entertainment, from sport to travelling. This wide
range theme which students read offer students with different reading strategy and purpose. Renandya [17]
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stated that extensive reading provides students with various genre and topic therefore students can read for
different purpose.
The most frequent theme that students read is news, followed by agriculture and health. This result
is surprising because students’ major of study is Agroecotechnology which is closely related with agriculture,
but agriculture theme is in the second highest frequency, not the highest frequency. It is possibly caused by
students’ study period. They are still in the first year of study therefore they are lack of exposure about
agriculture theme. They just read what interest them. News is the most interesting theme for students by
looking at the result on Table 1. It implies two things. First, students want to update their knowledge by
reading news. Second, news is easier to find in internet. Students just insert keyword in search engine. Then,
a lot of news suddenly appear. As stated in interview “I inserted keyword in search engine “berita dalam
bahasa Inggris (news in English)”. It came up with BBC website”.
In sport theme, students like to read popular sports such as football and basketball. Students read
sport because it interests them. Students stated in interview “basketball is interest of me” and “I do like
football”. Education theme is interesting to note because students are amazed with other country education
system. They want to know how an education system looks like in overseas. By looking at the comment
column in reading log sheet, students ask the government to implement the education system in Finland
because Finland has a good education system.
In news theme, students read both domestic and international news. They read wide range of news
topic including plane crash in Nepal, mount eruption in Indonesia, political issue and others. The news
students read is updated. It implies that students want to read to gain information or knowledge. Renandya
[18] stated that extensive reading can expand student’s knowledge. In agriculture theme, students are
interested in this theme because her laboratory assistant told her. As stated in interview “since I was in first
semester, I started to be interested in this theme because of my laboratory assistant”. It shows that student I
interested to a particular theme because other people encourage her to read.
Entertainment is also interesting to note because this theme has relatively high frequency. Students
only read international celebrities including actors or actress, singer, boyband and film. Students want to
know the update information about their celebrity idol. Students follow a certain international celebrity
because of his/her physical appearance. As in interview “because Zayn Malik is handsome”.
Some students like to read serious to pleasure theme. It implies that students read based on their
interest. Extensive reading provides students with maximum exposure to read text attracting their interest
[19]. They just want to read what they want to, regardless their major of study. Renandya [17] stated that
“students choose what they want to read”. Furthermore, they read not only non-fiction but also fiction. Novel
and story are also read by students. Students read extensively not only to improve reading skill but also to
gain information and pleasure.
4.2. Students’ response on their texts
By looking at comment column in reading log sheet, researcher can know what student opinion after
they read the text. A student wrote that she gains information by reading that text “this article is great
because it informed us more about a healthy diet and a good food for teens”. Day and Bamford [20] stated
that one of the reading purposes in extensive reading is obtaining information. Another student gave
suggestion after he read the sport theme as if he were the manager of football team. He wrote “Perhaps
Chelsea FC must stop buying loads of players, loaning them out and then complain about having a small
squad. Try giving your academy player chance”. Still the same student gave his analysis about football game.
He wrote “I think that the weakness of Dortmund in its defensive line causing a draw result against
Augusburg”.
A student also wrote a hope for Indonesia education in her comment. She hopes that Indonesia
education system can replicate the system in Finland. She wrote “After reading this article, I can find out
what kind of school system in Finland and my opinion need to be emulated and applied in Indonesia because
it’s very effective to produce students who are successful in academic”. Another student expresses her feeling
toward the story she read. She wrote “the story was deep insides and touching me because we can learn that
a family and life are valuable in the world”. The student understands the story therefore she feels touching.
Through reading story, student does not only express her/his feeling but also learn moral value embedded in
the story. As a student wrote “work today and you can reap the benefits tomorrow. That’s the moral you can
get from this text”.
A student invites other Indonesia citizen to preserve the culture that Indonesia has. She wrote “as
citizens of Indonesia, then our duty is to preserve batik”. Reading text sometimes motivate a student to be
better like what a student wrote in his comment “this makes me more motivated to become a reliable billiard
player”.
Students write down comment after they read text as a follow-up activity. Making oral or written
review, discussing with peers and making presentation regarding the text read are an alternative for post-
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reading activity [21]. From this comment, it is known how far student understand about what they read. Some
students give comment variously based on their understanding. Day and Bamford [20] stated that follow-up
activities are used “to find out what student understood and experienced from the reading”. Wahjudi [14]
added that post-reading activity is used to record students’ accomplishment.
4.3. Students’ reason in choosing the theme
There were seven students interviewed. They were interviewed because they read same theme
during 7-week. The results of interviews were transcribed and presented in Transcript 1- transcript 7.
Transcript 1
“Why did you choose sport theme?” (Lecturer)
“Basketball is interest of me” (Student)
“When did you start to like basketball?” (Lecturer)
“Junior high school” (Student)
“Did you like sport text?” (Lecturer)
“Yes. I followed NBA” (Student)
“How did you get the text? Were you googling or to the website?” (Lecturer)
“Website and Instagram” (Student)
“Did you follow the website?” (Lecturer)
“Yes. I firstly followed the Instagram but I open the website for details” (Student)
“So, you like basketball thus you follow the website updates” (Lecturer)
Transcript 2
“Why did you choose sport theme?” (Lecturer)
“Because I like sport, especially soccer” (Student)
“When did you start to like soccer?” (Lecturer)
“Elementary school. I joined soccer school when I was in elementary school” (Student)
“How did you get the text?” (Lecturer)
“From one website because the website is complete and keep update daily, like information about
player transfer” (Student)
“Did you frequently open the website?” (Lecturer)
“Yes, especially when I had a free time and wanted to transfer of player” (Student)
From the transcript, it shows that students read sport theme because they like sport “because I like
sport, especially soccer” and “basketball is interest of me”. Students read information regarding their favorite
sport. They do not want to obsolete of information regarding their favorite sport. They read some texts which
is interesting for them. Factor that urges student to read is students’ favorite theme. They read because they
like that theme, and update information by following a certain website and Instagram.
Transcript 3
“Why did you choose entertainment theme?” (Lecturer) :
“At the beginning I was confused. Then, I searched for entertainment like BTS, Ariana
Grande because I like BTS, and also, I am fans of Ariana Grande” (Student)
“What is BTS?” (Lecturer)
“Bangtan Boys, Boyband from Korea” (Student)
“Did you follow the career of BTS?” (Lecturer)
“Yes, I like the song and personnel” (Student)
“How did you get the text?” (Lecturer)
“I searched in google, then it comes up the information about BTS. Thus, I did not follow
the website” (Student)
“What key term did you insert in google?” (Lecturer)
“New news BTS, new single of Ariana Grande” (Student)
“So, you have predetermined topic before you browse internet” (Lecturer)
Transcript 4
“Why did you choose entertainment theme?” (Lecturer)
“Because I was interested in entertainment” (Student)
“What was interest of you?” (Lecturer)
“I’m fans of Zayn Malik” (Student)
“Why?” (Lecturer)
“Because Zayn Malik is handsome and has good voice” (Student)
“How did you get the text about Zayn Malik?” (Lecturer)
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“Firstly, I followed Instagram, then I opened the website for details because Instagram
provide only a glimpse, not complete” (Student)
“So, you have a predetermined theme, then browse internet” (Lecturer)
From Transcript 3 and 4, it shows that students are the fans of celebrity. The reason why students
like that celebrity is physical appearance “Zayn Malik is handsome”. They read the updated information
about their celebrity idol. Students insert key term in search engine “new news BTS, new single of Ariana
Grande”. It implies that students keep updated information regarding their idols. In addition, they also follow
Instagram in order to be updated. From the interview, it shows that students are encourage to read because of
their celebrity idol updates. They read Instagram and then open website address for details to read the
updated information regarding their idols.
Transcript 5
“Why did you choose agriculture theme, especially pest?” (Lecturer)
“Since I was in first semester, I started to be interested in this theme because of my
laboratory assistant” (Student)
“Were you a laboratory assistant?” (Lecturer)
“No, my laboratory assistant last semester” (Student)
“What do you mean?” (Lecturer)
“Assistant who taught me in practicum” (Student)
“How did you find the text?” (Lecturer)
“I have the book” (Student)
“Are you interested in pest?” (Lecturer)
“Yes, because my laboratory assistant told me that the book is the basic that I should read if
I want to take plant and pest disease study program” (Student)
“What information did you get form reading the book?” (Lecturer)
“The book provides characteristics of pest, its ordo, specified plant that the pest eat, way of
life and breeding” (Student)
“So, you have a book and interested in pest. Therefore, you deepen your knowledge” (Lecturer)
Transcript 5 shows that student is interested to read a particular theme because someone told her.
Her laboratory assistant told her to read the book because the book contains a lot of information regarding
pest and it is a basic book for plant pest and disease “my laboratory assistant told me that the book is the
basic that I should read if I want to take plant and pest disease study program”. Student have already
planned what she wants to study further. She equipped herself by reading book related to her interest of
study. She wants to take plant pest and disease study program.
Transcript 6
“Why did you choose a novel?” (Lecturer)
“Because I had novel at home” (Student)
“Is the novel in English?” (Lecturer)
“Yes. I used to buy English novel but there was no time to read” (Student)
“When did you start to buy English novel?” (Lecturer)
“Senior high school” (Student)
“Do you have a lot of novels?” (Lecturer)
“No. not many just a few” (Student)
From transcript above, a student read novel because she has few novels at home which she did not
read yet. The reason why student read is that the available readings at home is novel. Student stated “because
I had novel at home”. It shows that extensive reading give opportunity for student to read something which
was not read before. In addition, student read readings available at home. The students read the books they
have at home [22].
Transcript 7
“Why did you choose news theme?” (Lecturer)
“I inserted keyword in search engine “news in English” then it came up with BBC website”
(Student)
“Were you googling?” (Lecturer)
“Yes” (Student)
“No predetermined theme? Just googling?” (Lecturer)
“Yes googling” (Student)
“What information did you get from reading the text?” (Lecturer)
“Overseas information like a lion ate its hunter” (Student)
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“When you were in BBC website, there are a lot of news titles, why did you choose that
news?” (Lecturer)
“I was interested in the title of news that I read” (Student)
“How about the vocabulary? Easy or difficult?” (Lecturer)
“I understand the vocabulary. The vocabulary is complicated but I understand” (Student)
“Did you look up dictionary?” (Lecturer)
“Sometimes” (Student)
“So, you did not have predetermined theme to browse. You just insert news in google, then
it comes up with news” (Lecturer)
From script 7 shows that students like to read news because she inserted news keyword. A students
stated “I inserted keyword in search engine ‘news in English’ then it came up with BBC website”. She read
overseas news without predetermined news topic. She just chooses news title attracting her “I was interested
in the title of news that I read”. When she reads, she knows her purpose of reading. She did not need to know
all the vocabulary but she still understands the content. As she stated “The vocabulary is complicated but I
understand”. Hitosugi and Day [23] contend that it is no need to get complete comprehension but sufficient
understanding is enough to fulfill the reading purpose. Furthermore, she uses Bottom-up reading strategy
because she uses dictionary if she encounters difficult vocabulary. Hayashi [24] stated that Bottom-up
processing is data driven strategies such as use of dictionary.
From the above interviews imply that students mostly choose a topic based on their preference.
They already had a topic in their mind before they browse the internet. Learners are responsible for their own
learning when they are allowed to self-select reading and have a goal-setting [25]. The topic chosen is
affected by students’ interest. Regarding interest, it is not always come from students herself but sometime
interest come from other. In this case, student’s practicum assistant has attracted her interest to read a certain
book.
5. CONCLUSION
Students read 32 themes during extensive reading, namely education, novel, technology,
photography, story, fisheries, art, news, games, animal, religion, tourism, psychology, entertainment, culture,
sport, biography, agriculture, ecosystem, traveling, architecture, automotive, parenting, food, music, health,
mining, economy, livestock, environment, politics, fashion, science. The theme is not always related to their
major of study. Theme that students read is mainly caused by their hobby, favorite idol, and a senior student
who influence them to read certain theme. Most of students use Instagram to get initial text, then they access
the website to read the full text.
The pedagogical implications that other lecturers can do are suggested. Extensive reading should be
accompanied with other activities in order to maximize its impact. Firstly, students are assigned to post their
comment online about the text they read therefore other students can also give comment about the text. This
activity can practice students’ writing ability. Secondly, students can do a role play if the text is news. One
student can be a reporter and the others can be interviewee. This activity practice students’ speaking skill. In
sum, extensive reading is not only reading activities, but also it can be accompanied by other activities.
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BIOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORS
Mushoffan Prasetianto is an English lecturer at the Faculty of Agriculture,
Brawijaya University, Malang, East Java, Indonesia. He has been teaching General English,
English for Specific Purposes (ESP), and English for Business since 2013 to present. He
earned his bachelor degree (in 2011) and master degree (in 2015) at State University of
Malang, Indonesia. He has presented his articles on both national and international
conferences. His research interests lie on English for Academic Purpose, English for
Specific Purposes, Teaching English as Foreign Language (TEFL), and Materials
Development. He is eager to expand the network with other researchers for collaboration
research. He can be contacted via email: m.prasetianto@ub.ac.id.
Rizkiana Maharddhika is an English lecturer at the Faculty of Agriculture,
Brawijaya University, Malang, East Java, Indonesia. She has been teaching General English,
English for Specific Purposes (ESP), and English for Business since 2013 to present. In
2011, she received her Bachelor degree in English Language and Literature from State
Islamic University (UIN) of Malang. In 2015, she earned master degree in English
Language Teaching (ELT) from State University of Malang (UM). Her research interests lie
on English for Specific Purposes, Language Assessment, Literacy, and Teaching English as
Foreign Language (TEFL). She can be contacted via email: r-maharddhika@ub.ac.id or
rizkianamaharddhika00@gmail.com.