Evaluating “West Kalimantan Culinary Book” as A Supplementary Book for Undergraduate Students

The present research believes that teaching materials which promote Indonesian traditional heritages should be available for students both inside and outside the classroom. For this reason, the research aims to preserve the presence of local cultures in the mid of English culture’s popularity by developing a book which contains aformentioned topics. The outcome of this empirical research is a textbook used as media for extensive reading in the student’s pleasure time. Using the ADDIE approach, this research collected data from several undergraduate students currently studying at a state university in Indonesia. The students were requested to read the West Kalimantan Culinary Book and share their ideas on what they have just read. In addition, the book was evaluated by experts from linguistic and cultural fields. The student’s feedbacks were very useful as they would reflect a potential user’s view in the future. Meanwhile, evaluations from experts helped us verify if the book was developed properly. Results indicated that readers responded to this culinary book positively. The book was considered helpful and unique as it was written in the English language. Since the book was aimed for extensive reading materials, we also checked and confirmed that this book followed the principles of extensive reading expressed by Day and Bamford (2002). To conclude, the research indicates its limitation particularly in terms of generalisability and provides suggestions for further research in order to improve the instruments of the data collection.

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Extensive Reading on Wattpad and Its Benefits to Students' English Skills: Students' Perceptions

ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities ◽

10.34050/elsjish.v3i4.11714 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 518-530

Author(s):

Intan Permatasari ◽

Agus Wijayanto ◽

Diah Kristina

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

English Education ◽

State University ◽

Listening Skills ◽

Extensive Reading ◽

Reading Materials ◽

Long Time ◽

Research Findings ◽

Class Room ◽

Reading Activity

The purpose of this study was to explore students’ perception’s towards Extensive Reading on Wattpad platform as well as its benefits to students’ English skills. Extensive Reading enables students to read a great deal amount of reading materials based on their personal interests and level of comprehension which is actually applied outside the class room for most people consider it as reading for pleasure. It has also been known that Extensive Reading has many benefits in improving students’ language skills. The advancement of technology over the years allows people to do many activities online, including Extensive Reading activity. Thus, Wattpad is considered to have enormous and various reading materials that can support extensive reading for the students. This study is a case study. The data were obtained from an in-depth interview with the participant who were two undergraduate students majoring English Education from a state university in Indonesia. The participants were selected purposively for the reason they were known to have been doing extensive reading activity on Wattpad for a quite long time, specifically for more than three years. The research findings showed that students have positive perceptions towards Extensive Reading on Wattpad which are categorized into three elements namely cognitive, affective, and conative. Four notable benefits of Extensive Reading on Wattpad were also mentioned by the students such as it contributed in unconsciously improving students’ writing skills, vocabulary mastery, speaking skills, as well as listening skills.

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Developing English Front Office Materials for Eleventh Grade Students in Second Semester at SMK N 2 Singaraja

The Art of Teaching English as a Foreign Language ◽

10.36663/tatefl.v1i2.103 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 53-64

Author(s):

I Gusti Putu Satria Wibawa ◽

Nyoman Karina Wedanthi ◽

Kadek Sintya Dewi ◽

I Gede Budasi

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

English Language ◽

Design And Development ◽

Teaching Materials ◽

Office Staff ◽

Good Material ◽

Teachers And Students ◽

Front Office ◽

Three Stages

This study aims to develop English language materials of front office for second semester students of the eleventh grade at SMK N 2 Singaraja. This study adopts the Design and Development (D&D) which is guided by data collection through six instruments, namely questionnaires for teacher and front office staff, Google form for teachers and students, checklist for students, and checklist for expert judges. There are three stages that the researcher takes to complete this study, namely designing, developing, and evaluating the quality of the teaching materials (product) so that it can be categorized as a good material. The result is that there are four topics developed by the researcher, namely (1) Renewal of reservations, (2) Cancellation of reservations, (3) Handling of group reservations orally and in writing, and (4) Handling of individual reservations orally and in writing.

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Respon Guru Terhadap Flip Book Pembelajaran Bioteknologi Berbasis Fermentasi Khas Kalimantan Barat Di SMA Kubu Raya

Pedagogi Hayati ◽

10.31629/ph.v3i1.1302 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 24-28

Author(s):

Mutia ulyanti Mutia ◽

Hanum Mukti Rahayu ◽

Mahwar Qurbaniyah

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Data Collection ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Average Response ◽

Data Collection Tool ◽

Validation Process ◽

The West ◽

West Kalimantan ◽

Qualitative Approaches

The learning process of biotechnology material in SMA and MA Kubu Raya still has problems such as the lack of learning media that only textbooks and LKS. The textbooks and LKS have drawbacks, including only showing a few images, too much writing and material that does not yet contain the potential of local West Kalimantan biotechnology. So that development is carried out, namely the flip book that has gone through a validation process. However, the untrue response to the flip book is unknown, so the purpose of this study was to determine the teacher's response to the West Kalimantan-based biotechnology flip book learning typical of the Kubu Raya High School. The method used is descriptive with quantitative and qualitative approaches. The data collection tool in this study was using a closed questionnaire. Determination of the sample using purposive sampling technique with consideration of the area and school accreditation. The results showed that the average response of teachers of SMA and MA Kubu Raya to flip books in aspects of attraction was 84.99%, material aspects 82.34%, language aspects 84.73%, and media aspects 74.73%. Based on the results of the research conducted, it can be concluded that the teacher's response to the West Kalimantan-based biotechnology flip book learning typical of SMA Kubu Raya has positive criteria based on aspects of interest, material aspects, language aspects and media aspects.

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LEARNING-STYLE BASED ACTIVITIES IN BOOSTING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ TRANSLATION SKILLS: AGRARIAN SPHERE TRANSLATORS’ TRAINING

Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes ◽

10.22190/jtesap1901105m ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 105

Author(s):

Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Malykhin ◽

Nataliia Oleksandrivna Aristova

Keyword(s):

Learning Styles ◽

Learning Style ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Empirical Data ◽

Environmental Sciences ◽

Teaching Materials ◽

National University

The paper is aimed at presenting theoretical and empirical research on developing learning-style based activities for boosting the translation skills of BA students majoring in English-to-Ukrainian agrarian sphere translation. The participants of the research are 60 BA students taking English-to-Ukrainian agrarian sphere translation at National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine. To collect empirical data we used the modality questionnaire developed by O’Brien (1990). The novelty of the study is in combining theoretical and empirical research concerning the learning styles of BA students majoring in English-to-Ukrainian agrarian sphere translation, developing learning-style based activities aimed at boosting students’ translation skills and implementing developed learning-style based activities into the “The Theoretical and Practical Course of English-to-Ukrainian Agrarian Sphere Translation”. Learning-style based activities presented in this study might contribute greatly to the development of teaching materials aimed at boosting translation skills of students who major in agrarian sphere translation.

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Effects of Extensive Reading on Thai Tertiary Students’ Reading Attitudes

10.31235/osf.io/s64ta ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Arab World English Journal ◽

Ketvalee Porkaew ◽

Ariyadhorn Fongpaiboon

Keyword(s):

Language Learning ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

English Language ◽

Structure Interview ◽

Reading Engagement ◽

Extensive Reading ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Significance Level ◽

Language Class ◽

Significant Difference

An exposure to free choice of inspiring reading materials among Thai students has not been largely promoted in English language class, affecting negative language learning attitudes and development of a reading habit. This present study examined the effects of extensive reading (ER) on Thai university students. To measure their attitudes towards comfort, anxiety, intellectual value, practical value and linguistic value before and after 15-week extensive reading. 68 undergraduate students were asked to complete the 5-point Likert scale questionnaire of 23 items adopted from Yamashita (2013). A semi-structure interview was also employed. The results revealed students had positive feelings in which ER increased their comfort and decreased their anxiety at the significance level of 0.05. They also had positive beliefs about the intellectual benefits. However, the practical value that ER might bring advantages to students’ study or future career was lower in the posttest. There was no significant difference between the pretest and posttest in their beliefs about English language study benefits. Qualitative data from the semi-structured interviews showed that students satisfied with their own choice of reading preference. The findings suggested the use of ER approach in English as a foreign language (EFL) classes to increase students’ positive attitudes, decrease their negative ones towards reading, and develop good reading habits through their reading engagement.

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The Strengths and Weaknesses of Extensive Reading using Wattpad; Students’ Perceptions

Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics ◽

10.21462/ijefl.v5i2.292 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 373

Author(s):

Intan Permatasari ◽

Agus Wijayanto ◽

Diah Kristina

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

English Education ◽

Extensive Reading ◽

Authentic Texts ◽

Printed Books ◽

Reading Materials ◽

Long Time ◽

Class Room ◽

The Times ◽

Reading Activity

This study aims to explore the strengths and weaknesses of extensive reading using Wattpad platform based on students’ perceptions. Extensive reading allows students to have more variation in their reading materials as they can read authentic texts from various sources that it is actually applied outside the class room for most people consider it as joyful reading. The advancement of technology over the times enables people to do many activities online, including extensive reading activity. Hence, Wattpad is believed to provide enormous free and paid reading materials that can support extensive reading for the students. To achieve the objectives, this study is in the form of case study. The data were collected through in-depth interview with the participants. The participants were two undergraduate students majoring English Education from two different universities in Indonesia. The participants were selected purposively because they were known to have been doing extensive reading activity on Wattpad for a quite long time, specifically for five years. The research findings showed several strengths of using Wattpad for extensive reading such as Wattpad gives students numerous and various sources of reading materials; extensive reading on Wattpad is a fun and enjoyable experience; extensive reading on Wattpad is more practical than using printed-books; extensive reading on Wattpad is money-saving; the reading materials on Wattpad have good quality contents; extensive reading through Wattpad improves students English’s skills unconsciously as well as the reading habit. Meanwhile, there are several weaknesses of extensive reading using Wattpad according to students such as; similarities in the reading materials sometimes make them boring to read; using the platform for a certain long time can potentially cause tired eyes; there are other distractions that can disrupt the extensive reading activity.

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A Need Analysis in English Material for XI Grade of Beauty Program

Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris undiksha ◽

10.23887/jpbi.v9i1.32031 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 37

Author(s):

L. W. Padmawati ◽

K. Sintya Dewi

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Qualitative Method ◽

English Language ◽

English For Specific Purposes ◽

Needs Analysis ◽

Teaching Materials ◽

Need Analysis ◽

Tourism Sector ◽

Study Results ◽

English Students

Needs analysis aims to identify what English students should learn. However, there are still many teachers who have not analyzed the material needs of students. The material used by the teacher is too general for students. Students do not get English for specific purposes for particular majors. This results when students find it challenging to communicate with guests in certain areas. This study aims to analyze the English material and analyze the suitability of the English language material based on the ESP principles. This study used the descriptive qualitative method. The study subjects were students of the class XI beauty program—the use of questionnaires and document checklists as data collection instruments. The study results indicate that students need unique English materials and special English skills in the tourism sector, especially in beauty spas. Furthermore, based on the document checklist, the English teaching materials in the beauty program are not by the ESP concept because the data shows that the teaching materials are too general and not close to the student's field. Therefore, students hope that the school can design an ESP program to improve competence in beauty spa activities.

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A STUDY ON MALAYSIAN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ READING HABITS: TYPES OF MATERIALS READ AND RATE OF EXTENSIVE READING

International Journal of Humanities, Philosophy and Language ◽

10.35631/ijhpl.310003 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (10) ◽

pp. 18-34

Author(s):

Sharmila Appa Rwoo ◽

Fong Peng Chew ◽

Huzaina Abdul Halim

Keyword(s):

English Language ◽

Reading Programs ◽

Language Teachers ◽

Depth Information ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Extensive Reading ◽

Reading Habits ◽

Esl Teachers ◽

Reading Materials ◽

English Language Teachers

This study is carried out with the purpose of gaining more in-depth information in regard to the reading habits of 210 English Language (EL) teachers in the district of Klang, Selangor. A convenient sampling method is used to choose the respondents while data are gathered with a survey questionnaire. The first aim of this study is to study the types of materials read by ESL teachers. Secondly, it aims to identify the rate of extensive reading among these teachers. The results show that ESL teachers read mostly light reading materials online and shun heavy materials. The researcher also discovered that the rates of extensive reading among ESL teachers are average to high. Therefore, the Ministry of Education could implement nationwide reading programs and teachers should take the initiative to read more.

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PUSAT KESENIAN DAYAK KALIMANTAN BARAT DI KOTA PONTIANAK

JMARS: Jurnal Mosaik Arsitektur ◽

10.26418/jmars.v9i1.44673 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 54

Author(s):

Hendrikus Trivaldo ◽

Uray Fery Andi ◽

Rudiyono Rudiyono

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Indigenous People ◽

Design Method ◽

The West ◽

West Kalimantan ◽

Design Result

West Kalimantan is a province that has a very diverse artistic potential. West Kalimantan Province inhabited by indigenous people and other migrants. The dominant ethnic groups are Dayak, Malay and Chinese. The Dayak tribe is rich in a variety of arts, such as dance, sculpture, painting and others. Every year, the Dayak tribe holds a Dayak Gawai featuring a Dayak art competition. Dayak art was developed by a large number of art studios but not yet well-organized, so a forum for the Dayak Arts Center of West Kalimantan was needed. The purpose of designing the West Kalimantan Dayak Arts Center in Pontianak City is to produce a design for the Dayak arts center of West Kalimantan in Pontianak City as a forum that facilitates Dayak arts in West Kalimantan that reflects the characteristics of Dayak in West Kalimantan. The design method used in the Design of the Dayak Arts Center in West Kalimantan in Pontianak City consists of several stages, namely the idea stage and the data collection stage related to the design needs and the design location. The design result of the West Kalimantan Dayak Arts Center in Pontianak City is to facilitate West Kalimantan Dayak arts based on the functions of education, information, promotion and recreation which can support the activities of West Kalimantan Dayak arts and can display forms that reflect the characteristics of West Kalimantan Dayak architecture.

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Developing Local Wisdom Content in West Kalimantan as English Language Teaching Material

Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa ◽

10.31571/bahasa.v9i2.2285 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 244

Author(s):

Yusawinur Barella

Keyword(s):

Teaching And Learning ◽

English Language ◽

English Language Teaching ◽

Teaching Material ◽

Teaching Materials ◽

West Kalimantan ◽

National Education ◽

Virtuous Character ◽

Almost All ◽

Practice Questions

English is an international language, and almost all Indonesians are aware that most of the teaching materials that use English contain foreign cultural content and topics from abroad. This will cause students to be less aware of the culture of the nation, because they are more focused on understanding foreign cultures. This problem will be incompatible with the goals of national education, which emphasize the development of national cultural identity and the formation of virtuous character, as well as the competitiveness of human resources for the Indonesian nation. This research is the development of teaching materials that aim to produce a product that will later be useful for students in improving their English language skills. In this study also discusses how a teacher can manage their teaching from rich local materials and resources into attractive teaching and learning management.As a teaching material, the product produced is English-language material, using easy-to-understand vocabulary, and is not accompanied by practice questions at the end of the reading, so that students can read calmly.

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