STUDENTS’ READING PREFERENCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS:  A STUDY OF THREE ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS IN JEMBER

This study aims to determine the students’ reading preference and its implications of three English Education Departments in Jember. Getting learners’ full attention in the learning process is very important, because the ability to read is one element of language competences that always needs to be elevated. However, reading material usually becomes the biggest obstacle for the lecturer to engage students’ full interest to the course. This study involved 273 students of three English Education Departments in Jember as research objects. Survey and interview methods were used to obtain the data. The research findings show that English Education Department students mostly interested to reading materials about entertainment and lifestyle, arts, religious, education and historical theme, and they avoid reading political and sport. Based on these findings, the suggestion for lecturers who specialize in the subjects related to reading activities is they should be able to present the teaching materials with themes favored by students in order to improve students’ reading motivation.

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THE EFECTIVENESS OF USING AUTHENTIC READING MATERIALS TOWARD STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION MASTERY

Journal of English Development ◽

10.25217/jed.v1i01.1711 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (02) ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Diyah Dwi Agustina ◽

Adelina Anum

Keyword(s):

Reading Comprehension ◽

Experimental Design ◽

Experimental Research ◽

Quantitative Method ◽

English Education ◽

Sixth Grade ◽

Education Department ◽

Reading Material ◽

Reading Materials ◽

Nahdlatul Ulama

Abstract A difficult reading material has become one of the student problems in comprehending the text. The application of using Authentic Reading Materials is needed for students. This research aims to know the effectiveness of using Authentic Reading Materials towards the students reading comprehension mastery. This experimental research used quantitative method and queasy experimental design. The research conducted at the sixth grade of English Education Department of Nahdlatul Ulama Lampung University which has the population 8 classes. The sample used in this research is 20 students as experimental class and 20 students as control class. The researcher uses purposive sampling as technique sampling. Based on the result of T test formula, tratio is 4,61 and ttable is 2,44. It means that tcount > ttable. The result of this research indicates that using Authentic Reading Materials is effective towards the students reading comprehension mastery at the sixth grade of English Education Department of Nahdlatul Ulama Lampung University

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ISLAMIC MAGAZINE ARTICLES TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ READING SKILL AND BUILD THEIR CHARACTER VALUES

International Journal of Education ◽

10.17509/ije.v9i1.3720 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 66

Author(s):

Munir Munir ◽

Rudi Hartono

Keyword(s):

Reading Comprehension ◽

English Education ◽

Reading Performance ◽

Teaching Reading ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Education Department ◽

Authentic Materials ◽

Research Findings ◽

Real Language ◽

Magazine Articles

This present study examined the use of Islamic magazine articles as authentic materials in teaching reading comprehension for the students of English Education Department of IAIN Batusangkar, Indonesia. This idea is based on the belief that students can be motivated and challenged to read if the selected materials pertain to their prior knowledge and experiences. In addition to this, using Islamic magazine articles as essential sources of information can positively expose students to real language. This study used qualitative research. This research was conducted to the third semester students. Observation and interview were used to collect data from 58 students who learned reading comprehension in the classroom. The research findings showed that the use of Islamic magazine articles empirically enhanced the students’ reading performance and built their character values. Based on these findings it is recommended that lecturers of reading comprehension subject should be able to exploit up-to-date articles to be used as lesson materials in teaching reading comprehension at the English education department in order to avoid boredom in reading texts.

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Online English Comics as Reading Materials for English Language Education Department Students

European Journal of Educational Research ◽

10.12973/eu-jer.10.3.1359 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 1359-1369

Author(s):

A. Syahid ◽

Ulfah Khoirotunnisa

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

English Language ◽

Data Gathering ◽

Reading Motivation ◽

Language Education ◽

Education Department ◽

English Language Education ◽

Reading Material ◽

Language Knowledge ◽

Reading Materials

Online English comic is one of reading material that can be used by students. Students should be triggered by interesting and understandable reading material to increase their reading motivation and English proficiency. The objective of this study is to discuss the benefits of online English comics as reading materials and to discover the applications and websites that are usually used by students to read online English comics. This study applied the descriptive qualitative study supported by interviews as a data-gathering technique. The results of this study showed the benefits of online English comics as reading materials. Those are adding language knowledge such as vocabulary and grammar, enhancing reading comprehension, building critical thinking, increasing creativity, and developing reading motivation. The second finding is about the applications and websites to read English comics that students prefer to read. There are some applications and websites that are usually used by students to read English comics. The applications are Webtoon and Ciayo Comic, and also the websites include Mangakakalot.com, Mangareaderapp.com, Mangazuki.info, and Mangapanda.com.

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Blogging in Extensive Reading: Students’ Voice in Blended Learning Classroom

Vision Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning ◽

10.21580/vjv9i14847 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 81

Author(s):

Asri Siti Fatimah ◽

Dian Kardijan ◽

Fera Sulastri

Keyword(s):

First Grade ◽

Learning Activities ◽

Chronological Order ◽

Extensive Reading ◽

Online Journal ◽

Reading Material ◽

Reading Materials ◽

Reading Activities ◽

Reading Interest

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.

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The Influence of Reading Content on Students' Perceptions of the Masculinity or Femininity of Reading

Journal of Reading Behavior ◽

10.1080/10862968609547572 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 243-256 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Patricia R. Kelly

Keyword(s):

High School Students ◽

School Students ◽

Chi Square ◽

Specific Content ◽

Suburban School Districts ◽

Reading Material ◽

Reading Materials ◽

Newspaper Comics ◽

Reading Activities ◽

Children's Activities

This study examined the effect of the content of reading material on students' perceptions of reading as masculine or feminine. Students in this study included 492 pupils (255 females, 237 males) from two suburban school districts. Students were enrolled in kindergarten, grades 2, 4, 6, 8, and high school. Students were shown a slide presentation consisting of 60 slides depicting various children's activities including the following reading activities: reading a book, a TV Guide, a mystery book, the newspaper comics, a science book, a dictionary, an animal book, a running book, and a poetry book. The reading slides were interwoven among nonreading activity slides to mask the emphasis of the study. In the slides, only the hands of the children were shown to prevent identification of the child in each slide as male or female. As each slide was shown, students were directed to respond by circling either “boy” or “girl” on their answer sheets. The total responses of “boy” for each reading item were analyzed for male, female, and total students. The percentages of responses of “boy” were generated and chi square analyses were conducted to determine differences between “boy” versus “girl” responses. The data indicated that the content of the reading material affected students' responses. Depending on the sex and grade level of the students, some reading items were viewed as masculine, some as feminine, and one as equally masculine and feminine. The specific content of the reading materials influenced the way in which reading was perceived.

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Gerakan literasi masyarakat basis media sosial

Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi ◽

10.22146/bip.v16i1.35 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 97-110

Author(s):

Riche Cynthia Johan ◽

Emi Emilia ◽

Aah Ahmad Syahid ◽

Angga Hadiapurwa ◽

Gema Rullyana

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Religious Education ◽

Analysis Data ◽

Community Literacy ◽

Reading Material ◽

Education Community ◽

Reading Materials ◽

Reading Assignment ◽

Use Of Social Media ◽

Community Movement

Introduction. The three main aspects to improve literacy movement are family, school, and society. Using social media could be useful to improve literacy as many reading materials can be accessed and freely available. However, the content should be selected to prevent from unexpected materials. Data Collection Method. Data obtained through observations of 100 participants in the development of community literacy movement. They were religious education community (pesantren) with professions such as, teachers, education staffs and students’ representatives from two levels of education within the reading village frameworks in Tanjungmekar village, Tanjungkerta, Sumedang. Analysis Data. Data were analyzed using descriptive percentage studies, and describing the results of observations. Result and Discussions. The community accesses reading material dominant using printed material, reading assignment and communication through social media have not done as expected. In general, the activities of fostering literacy in the religious education community require patterns that are in accordance with time, motivation, access, technological devices, various social media to foster literacy readiness. Conclusions. Alternative use of social media is expected be able to support community movement to build the literate village.

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Vocabulary Analysis On Reading Texts Used By EFL Students

TEFLIN Journal - A publication on the teaching and learning of English ◽

10.15639/teflinjournal.v12i2/194-209 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 194

Author(s):

C. Sutyarsah

Keyword(s):

English Education ◽

Great Influence ◽

Low Frequency ◽

Education Department ◽

Function Words ◽

Word Level ◽

Reading Materials ◽

Efl Students ◽

Reading Skill Development

The vocabulary in the texts is the aspect that needs to identify. It is claimedthat the condition of the words in a text has a great influence to readers' comprehension. It is also commonly believed that comprehension depends on the extent that the words in a text are familiar to the readers. This case study was carried out in the English Education Department of University of Malang. The aim of the study is to identify and describe the vocabulary in the text and to seek if the text is useful for reading skill development. The reading materials under investigation were a collection of reading passages based on the syllabus (Reading Comprehension I) and limited to the passages that were used in class during the second semester, 1999. Based on the nature of the investigation, a descriptive qualitative design was applied to obtain the data. For this purpose, some available computer programs were used. They were used to find the description of vocabulary in the texts. The vocabulary analyses in the texts reveal some constrains. It was found that the texts, containing 7,945 words of 20 different texts, are dominated by low frequency words which account for 16.97% of the words in the texts. In terms of high frequency words occurring in the texts, function words dominate the texts. Of the 50 most frequent words, only two content words (people and say) were found. In the case of word level, it was found that the texts being used have very limited number of words from GSL (General Service List of English Words) (West, 1953). The proportion of the first 1,000 words of GSL only accounts for 44.6%. The data also show that the texts contain too large proportion of words which are not in the three levels (the first 2,000 and UWL). These words account for 26.44% of the running words in the texts. Based on the findings, some conclusions were drawn, it is believed that the constraints are due to the selection of the texts which are made of a series of short-unrelated texts (20 different topics). This kind of text is subject to the accumulation of low frequency words especially those of content words and limited of words from GSL. This vocabulary condition could defeat the development of students' readingskills and vocabulary enrichment.

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Reading Experiences of Nonnative-English-Speaking Students Majoring in English Language Teaching

JEES (Journal of English Educators Society) ◽

10.21070/jees.v1i2.445 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 105

Author(s):

Sri Fatmaning Hartatik ◽

Hernina Dewi Lestari

Keyword(s):

English Language ◽

First Language ◽

English Language Teaching ◽

The Other ◽

Thinking Aloud ◽

Reading Experience ◽

Reading Material ◽

Reading Materials ◽

English Speaking ◽

Reading Activities

This study attempts to synthesize the findings of an Indonesian case study on reading experiences of nonnative-English-speaking ELT students. The researchers examined 36 students of bachelor program students using a descriptive qualitative design. The finding revealed that 55.6% of the students spent 2-3 hours reading, 27.7% spent 1-2 hours reading, while the rest 16.7% spent less than an hour reading. In term of genre, 69.4% of the students preferred scientific reading genre while 30.6% preferred fiction. Regarding the mode of reading materials, 86.1% of the students used printed material and the other 13.9% used digital reading material. The finding of this study presented that 75% of the students liked to read materials in their first language while the rest 25% preferred to read reading materials in English. About the students’ preference of reading activities, the data showed that 63.89% of the students chose activities such as a combination of doing preview, giving keywords, scanning, skimming, giving clarification, asking and answering questions, and making conclusions while 36.11% preferred reading activities involving a combination of brainstorming, conducting survey, reciprocal teaching, doing evaluation, making inference, re-reading, thinking aloud, and having discussion as the reading activities. In term of the place to read, 50% of the students read at home, 27.8% read in the classroom, and 22.2% read at the library. About the reading experience, 63.89% of students were satisfied while the other 36.11% thought that their reading experience was insufficient.

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The Contribution of Students’ Motivation and Vocabulary to Students’ Translation

English Education ◽

10.20961/eed.v5i3.35888 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Listiyanti Listiyanti ◽

Muh. Asrori ◽

Endang Setyaningsih

Keyword(s):

Teacher Training ◽

Random Sampling ◽

English Education ◽

Multiple Linear Regressions ◽

Education Faculty ◽

Education Department ◽

Training And Education ◽

Research Findings ◽

Linear Regressions ◽

Cluster Random Sampling

This research is aimed to find out the contribution of: (1) students’ motivation to students’ translation; (2) students’ vocabulary to students’ translation ability; and (3) students’ motivation and students’ vocabulary, to students’ translation. This correlational study involved 35 students of the sixth semester students of English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of a University in Surakarta. The technique of choosing the sample was cluster random sampling. Data were collected through questionnaire and test. Single Correlation and Multiple Linear Regressions were used to analyze the data. The research findings show that: (1) motivation brings 10.30% contribution to translation; (2) vocabulary brings 29.58% contribution to translation; and (3) motivation and vocabulary simultaneously bring 39.88% contribution to translation. Based on the study, it can be implied that motivation and vocabulary are important factors that give contribution to translation.

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Integrating Islamic Values into ESP Reading Material

NOBEL Journal of Literature and Language Teaching ◽

10.15642/nobel.2019.10.2.149-162 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 149-162

Author(s):

Pryla Rochmahwati

Keyword(s):

Reading Skills ◽

Small Scale ◽

Education Department ◽

Islamic Studies ◽

Reading Material ◽

Need Analysis ◽

Reading Materials ◽

Instructional Reading ◽

D Model ◽

Islamic Values

This present research is aiming at developing suitable instructional reading material for the students of Islamic Education Department. The procedure employed in this study was R&D model proposed by Dick and Carey, namely, need analysis, developing reading materials, expert validation, revising the materials, trying out the materials, and revising the materials. The result shows that reading materials must be developed by incorporating major content subject, namely Islamic studies, list of vocabulary, grammar review, and reading comprehension exercises. Furthermore, after being tried-out, it shows the applicability of the developed materials in helping the students to accomplish the mastery of reading skills and improve their learning motivation. In spite of the strength of the material developed, it is still tried-out in the small scale; therefore, the materials were still possible to be revised.

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