scholarly journals Secondary School Students’ English Literacy: Use of Interactive Read Aloud Instructional Strategy

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 292
Author(s):  
Mutiara Ayu ◽  
Chuzaimah Dahlan Diem ◽  
Machdalena Vianty
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Strategy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Read Aloud ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
School Students ◽  
Global Era ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
English Literacy ◽  
Global Language ◽  
Narrative Techniques

The Global era has had a great impact on the existence of English as a global language which requires students to be good at its every skill. It is believed that students’ English could be enhanced well with the use of certain strategies, one of which is Interactive Read Aloud Instructional Strategy (IRAIS). This study was aimed at examining the efficacy of IRAIS to help students to improve their English literacy achievements. Forty five out of 746 students were selected randomly as sample based on their grade levels (7th, 8th, 9th) and their levels of comprehension. By using time series design, these students were given interventions for three months using IRAIS and their English achievements were obtained from pre- and post-tests of four English literacy skills. During the interventions, the progress of the students was also monitored regularly by using three formative tests.The results showed consistent progress on the students’ achievement during the interventions and upon their total English literacy achievement after the interventions. Among the four English literacy skills, the most significant improvement was in listening followed by writing, reading, and speaking. In terms of aspects of each literacy skill, the highest achievement scores were in inference of listening, narrative techniques of writing, vocabulary of reading, and vocal expression of speaking. These findings lead to the conclusion that IRAIS  is an effective strategy in helping students to improve their level of English proficiency.

scholarly journals Partnership with Librarians: A Strategy to Improve Secondary School Students’ English Literacy

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. p17
Author(s):  
Chuzaimah Dahlan Diem ◽  
Fitria Kusumaningsih ◽  
Soni Mirizon
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
School Students ◽  
Professional Educators ◽  
English Class ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
English Literacy

English literacy education plays a key role in establishing literate societies in the 21st century. Having teachers and librarians as professional educators and educational personnel working together, with the provision of relevant literacy facilities, helps achieve this goal. This study applies the Partnership with Librarians Strategy (PLS) by using an equivalent time-samples design to promote students’ English literacy skills. Forty-five seventh, eighth, and ninth graders were randomly selected as the population for this study. Their literacy achievements were measured by using listening, reading, writing, and speaking tests before and after the teaching and learning process. The students’ learning was also monitored using formative tests during the intervention. The results showed that the students’ English skills improved significantly. The improvement is hypothesised to be influenced by the use of PLS as it is also statistically proven by the contribution of each literacy skill to students’ English literacy total achievement, i.e., reading (63.6%), writing (22.9%), speaking (9.2%), and listening (4.3%). It is concluded that PLS makes a significant difference in English literacy learning and therefore deserves to be implemented in any English class coupled with an assessment strategy based on further classroom research to determine its potential effect.

scholarly journals Graphic Novel Development as a Reading Media for Increasing Literacy Skill of 8th Grade Junior High School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-101
Author(s):  
I Komang Tyan Ferdiawan ◽  
Ni Made Ratminingsih ◽  
Luh Diah Surya Adnyani
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Graphic Novel ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
School Students

This research believes that junior high school students in eighth grade need suitable and interesting reading material to develop their literacy skills which one way to achieve it is to design graphic novels of learning material on it. This research designed in the form of design and development (D&D) model proposed by Richey and Klein (2007). The development model used in this research was Richey and Klein’s (2007) ADDE model. The result was a graphic novel as an attractive literacy media that was developed for assisting eighth grade junior high school students’ literacy skills. Based on the content validity judgement, the graphic novel was highly relevant to the twelve criteria of a good graphic novel with minor revision. The quality judgment was utilized to determine whether or not the graphic novel was already qualified to serve as a good literacy source by using expert judgement. There were two expert judges and twelve users who took role in judging the quality of the graphic novel. Based on the quality judgement, the graphic novel was categorized as excellent media. Thus, the graphic novel was categorized as excellent media for assisting eighth grade students’ literacy skills.

scholarly journals The Development of Test Instruments to Measure the Science Literation Skills of Junior High School Students in Global Warming Themes

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-27
Author(s):  
Umi Roufatuz Zahro ◽  
Woro Sumarni ◽  
Suharto Linuwih
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
School Students ◽  
Average Percentage ◽  
Test Instrument

The progress of science and technology in various countries has accelerated toward the 21 century. The measurement of scientific literacy is very important to find out the extent to which students have been literated in science as an effort to improve the quality of education in Indonesia. The preparation of test instruments based on scientific literacy is an effort to measure the literacy skills of students in the field of science. The purpose of this study was to develop a valid, practical and effective science literacy test instrument to measure the scientific literacy skills of students on the theme of global warming. The research method used in this study was the method of Research and Development (R & D) with the research design of ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation). The final product in this research development is a scientific literacy-based test instrument to measure the scientific literacy skill of students that have been declared valid and feasible by experts and is valid in the content, in the form of 20 reasonable multiple-choice questions that are tailored to the indicators of the scientific literacy, complete with a grid of questions, answer keys, and bibliography. Based on the results, it is concluded that the validity of the test instruments received an average percentage of 79.99% and was included in the category of valid and feasible to use. The practicality of the test instrument is in the very practical category seen based on the results of student responses by 87.5% and teacher responses by 94.23%. The effectiveness of the test instrument is in the effective category, Since this studycan reveal or position the scientific literacy skills of students into three criteria items, namely high, medium, and low, it can be used as input and thought contribution in an effort to improve the quality of making the test instruments to measure the skill of scientific literacy on the theme of global warming.

scholarly journals Examining the Necessity of Reflective Module: Literacy Numeracy Skill of Students Elementary School

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 597-609
Author(s):  
Yeni Rakhmawati ◽  
Ali Mustadi
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Reflective Thinking ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
The Individual

The research aims to describe the need for reflective modules in building literacy skills of primary school students. The research used a quantitative descriptive method. The population was the fifth-grade primary school students that implement the 2013 curriculum with A accreditation—the data collection technique used non-test with observation instruments, questionnaires, interview guidelines, and literature review. The sample was taken using a purposive random sampling technique. The sample in this study was 126 students. The results showed that students and teachers need a reflective module to build numeracy literacy. The reflective module has the potential to build numeracy literacy skills. Literacy skill is closely related to reflective thinking processes, in which reflective thinking is a critical thinking process for making an assessment. Self-assessment aims to measure the extent of an individual's abilities to encourage the individual to develop self-potential.

Students’ Elementary Literacy Skill And Critical Thinking Skill Supported By School Literacy Program (SLP)

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Sri Dewi Nirmala ◽  
R. Rahman ◽  
B. Musthafa
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Fourth Graders ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Literacy Program ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
School Students ◽  
Low Level ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level

The literacy skills of elementary school students in Indonesia, according tointernational instructional survey data such as PISA and PIRLS are generally atlow ability level. Starting from this condition, the government then launched theSchool Literacy Program (SLP) which is in sync with the implementation ofCurriculum 2013. This study aims to analyze and calculate the difference ofliteracy ability and students’ fourth graders critical thinking in schools thatorganize SLP in three areas of the village, transitions, and cities located inSukabumi Indonesia. The results showed that the students' fourth-grade literacyability at the SLP organizing school was at a low level of 66.89, the middle level55, the high level 54.67, and the advanced level of 55.89. The students' criticalthinking ability is at a low level of 82.94, 55.33 and 55.67. Based on the resultsof this study, it can be concluded that fourth graders students’ literacy ability atschool organizer SLP in Sukabumi is at low level / factual literal. While fourthgraders students’ critical thinking was able to reach low levels.

scholarly journals Local wisdom-based teaching material for enhancing primary students’ scientific literacy skill

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-105
Author(s):  
Suryanti Suryanti ◽  
Neni Mariana ◽  
Yoyok Yermiandhoko ◽  
Wahono Widodo
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Primary Students ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
School Students ◽  
Alternative Source ◽  
Validity Assessment ◽  
Fourth Grade Students ◽  
D Model

The study aims to develop local wisdom – based teaching materials to improve elementary school students' scientific literacy skills, using a 4-D model: define, design, develop, and disseminate. The subjects of testing included 37 of fourth-grade students at SDN Gading 6 Surabaya. In addition, data were collected through validation sheets, tests of scientific literacy skills, and student questionnaires. The data analysis used descriptive statistics, N-gain, and different tests. The results showed that local wisdom – based teaching materials could be implemented as an alternative source of learning natural science in elementary schools, compliance with the criteria of a) valid in terms of fulfilling the 98% validity assessment score with very valid criteria b) practical reviewed from the 3.64 scores with very good criteria c) effective with a 0.5average N-gain, there are significant differences between the pretest and posttest scores,and 100% of positive responses.

scholarly journals Auditing information literacy skills of secondary school students in Singapore

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaheen Majid ◽  
Yun-Ke Chang ◽  
Shubert Foo
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Better Than

The aim of this study was to assess the information literacy (IL) and cyber-wellness skills of secondary 3 (grade 9) students, who are aged 14-15, in Singapore. The Ministry of Education in Singapore has introduced aspects of IL in schools through incorporating components into the syllabi of various subjects. A pilot-tested online survey, validated by IL experts from Canada, Hong Kong, Kuwait and Thailand, was used for data collection. The survey was taken by 2,458 students from 11 secondary schools in different geographical zones of Singapore. It was found that the use of school libraries and their resources was at a very low level. The majority of the students approached classmates and friends for help in solving their information-related problems. Only a small fraction consulted their school librarian. The overall IL assessment score showed that the students possessed a ‘middle’ level of IL skills which is better than previous (pre-curriculum integration) IL assessment studies in Singapore. As curriculum-embedded IL skills are taught by subject teachers, their level of preparedness could be a matter of concern. Similarly, fragmentation of IL concepts in different subject textbooks may cause co-ordination problems among teachers. This paper highlights the need for developing a roadmap for providing IL skills at different grade levels and in different subject areas. It is expected that the findings of this study will be useful to curriculum planners, teachers, schools librarians and others involved in IL education.    

scholarly journals Literation Skill To Improve Higher-Order Thinking Skills In Elementary School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-42
Author(s):  
Husni Mubarok ◽  
Dian Mustika Anggraini
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
High Order ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
School Students ◽  
High Order Thinking

Higher-order thinking skill is closely related to literacy skills. However, data from PIRLS 2011 states that the reading ability of elementary school students in Indonesia is relatively low because it is ranked 42 out of 45 countries. Data from PISA 2018, Indonesia ranked 74 out of 76 countries. Though literacy skill influences mindset. The purpose of this study is to explain: a) the basic concepts of literacy, b) the basic concepts of High Order Thinking Skills, and c) the literacy skill to improve high order thinking skills in elementary school students. The approach used in this study is qualitative. The research method used is content analysis. The data sources are journals and books related to literacy and high order thinking skills. The results of this study are: first, literacy is the ability to interpret information critically and can convey knowledge to others accurately. Second, higher-order thinking skills is the process of thinking students at a higher level of knowledge from various cognitive concepts such as analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and creation. Third, literacy skills improve higher-order thinking. The strategies used by schools include conditioning literacy-friendly physical environments, seeking social and affective situations as literate models of communication and interaction, and striving schools as a literate academic environments.

What Clinicians Need to Know About Early Literacy Development in Children With Hearing Loss

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Runnion ◽  
Shelley Gray
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Early Literacy ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Reading Proficiency ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
Early Literacy Development ◽  
Literacy Skill Development ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss

PurposeChildren with hearing loss may not reach the same level of reading proficiency as their peers with typical development. Audiologists and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) have important roles to play in preventing this problem early in children's development. In this tutorial, we aim to communicate how the habilitation practices of audiologists and intervention services of SLPs can support early literacy skill development in children with hearing loss.MethodWe describe key findings from peer-reviewed research articles to provide a review of early literacy skill development, to explain the relationship between early literacy skills and conventional reading skills, and to highlight findings from early literacy skill intervention studies that included children with hearing loss who use spoken language. We conclude with a hypothetical case study to illustrate how audiologists and SLPs can support early literacy acquisition in children with hearing loss.ConclusionFindings from studies of young children with hearing loss suggest that a promising approach to improving reading outcomes is to provide explicit early literacy instruction and intervention.

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