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Revitalizing Gorontalo Vocabulary through Bilingual Comics in Coastal Environmental Contexts Salman Alade; Ita Meiarni; Wa Ode Irawati; Wiwik Pratiwi; Fitriya Dessi Wulandari
IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Lite
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Palopo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24256/ideas.v14i1.10882

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The declining use of regional languages among children has become a growing concern in Indonesian communities, including Gorontalo, where intergenerational language transmission is increasingly disrupted by the dominance of national and global languages. Despite existing studies on comic-based learning and bilingual instruction, research integrating bilingual comics with local environmental contexts specifically for regional language revitalization among children remains limited. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of bilingual comic-assisted learning with coastal environmental contexts in improving children’s Gorontalo vocabulary acquisition. A pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design was employed involving 15 children aged 8–10 years in a coastal community of Gorontalo. Data were collected through validated vocabulary tests administered before and after two learning sessions using the bilingual comic Perahu dan Rahasia Air. The findings revealed substantial improvement: mean pretest score was 3.40, increasing to 8.87 posttest (mean gain = 5.47). A Wilcoxon signed-rank test confirmed the improvement was statistically significant (Z = −3.41, p < 0.001). Before the intervention, 73.3% of participants belonged to poor or very poor categories; after the intervention, 93.3% reached good or very good categories. The novelty of this study lies in its integration of bilingual comics, contextual environmental narratives, and regional language revitalization within children’s literacy practices. Findings suggest that culturally grounded bilingual visual media can support vocabulary acquisition and contribute meaningfully to regional language revitalization efforts. Limitations related to sample size and intervention duration are acknowledged, and directions for future research are discussed.
Heutagogy-Based Digital Extensive Reading: Enhancing Students’ Critical Reading Skills in EFL Islamic Higher Education Fitriani, Aries; Rizkiyah, Faiqotur; Wulandari, Fitriya Dessi
Journal of English Teaching and Learning Issues Vol 9, No 1 (2026): June
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kudus

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21043/jetli.v9i1.33906

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This study investigates the application of the heutagogical teaching model through Digital Extensive Reading (DER) in enhancing university students’ critical reading competencies in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. It focuses on three key aspects: (1) the implementation of heutagogy-based DER, (2) heutagogy-based DER’s role in developing critical reading skills, and (3) the implications of this model. The participants consisted of 35 EFL Islamic university students. Using a qualitative structural analysis, data were gathered through document analysis, questionnaires, interviews, field notes, and literature review. The findings reveal that heutagogy-based DER empowers students to select texts, set goals, and engage in reflective learning, thereby fostering learner autonomy and personalization. Through exposure to diverse digital platforms, peer discussions, and presentations, students enhanced their critical thinking by developing analytical skills and intercultural awareness. Moreover, this approach redefined teachers’ roles as facilitators, emphasized formative over summative assessment, and encouraged deeper, more meaningful engagement with reading.
Language of e-commerce: pragmatic strategies in Indonesian online marketplace advertisements Fitriya Dessi Wulandari
Indonesian Journal of Language and Economic Discourse Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): Language, power, and economic narratives in Indonesia
Publisher : CV Narasi Khatulistiwa Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.67490/ijle.v1i1.521

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Background: The expansion of Indonesian e-commerce platforms such as Shopee, Tokopedia, Lazada, and TikTok Shop demonstrates how digital marketplaces rely heavily on persuasive language and multimodal strategies. Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze the pragmatic strategies, speech acts, and multimodal tactics that characterize Indonesian online marketplace advertisements. Method: Using a qualitative descriptive design, the research employed Levinson’s pragmatic analysis, Searle’s speech act theory, and Kress and van Leeuwen’s multimodal discourse framework to examine a corpus of product titles, promotional captions, buyer–seller chats, and digital banners collected over three months. Results: The results reveal three major findings: first, pragmatic persuasion is dominated by urgency, scarcity, and politeness markers such as kinship terms and emojis; second, buyer–seller interactions are structured through assertives, commissives, and softened directives that balance persuasion with relational intimacy; and third, multimodal advertisements employ visual salience, color symbolism, and culturally resonant icons (e.g., Ramadan motifs) to reinforce linguistic persuasion. These findings suggest that Indonesian e-commerce communication combines global persuasive practices with local cultural adaptations. Implication: The implication of the study is that pragmatic and multimodal analyses can enrich understanding of digital persuasion, offering insights for both linguistic scholarship and practical digital marketing strategies. Novelty: The novelty of this study is to show the ways Indonesian e-commerce discourse integrates pragmatic persuasion and multimodal design with culturally embedded cues to optimize both transactional effectiveness and relational engagement in digital marketplaces.
Do large language models reason consistently across Indonesian languages? a multilingual evaluation of Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese, and Buginese Fitriya Dessi Wulandari
Indonesian Journal of Computational Language Studies Vol. 1 No. 2 (2026): Large language models, linguistic diversity, and responsible NLP in Indonesia
Publisher : CV Narasi Khatulistiwa Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.67490/ijcl.v1i2.912

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Background: Multilingual large language model evaluation increasingly recognises Indonesian as a significant benchmark language, yet Indonesia’s wider linguistic ecology requires assessment across local languages whose digital representation remains uneven. Objective: This study examines whether large language models reason consistently across Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese, and Buginese when semantically aligned reasoning tasks are presented in each language. Method: Using a controlled multilingual evaluation design, this study compares model outputs through three analytic dimensions: final-answer consistency, explanation coherence and faithfulness, and language-linked error patterns. Results: Findings show that answer stability is not evenly preserved across language pairs, with stronger alignment in Indonesian–Javanese and Indonesian–Sundanese comparisons than in Indonesian–Buginese comparison. Explanation analysis further indicates that apparently correct answers may be accompanied by compressed, partially faithful, or weakly grounded reasoning. Implication: Error analysis reveals that inconsistency emerges through multiple pathways, including lexical-semantic drift, register mismatch, translation-related distortion, cultural inferential misreading, and language fallback. Novelty: The novelty of this study lies in shifting Indonesian multilingual LLM evaluation from isolated benchmark accuracy to cross-linguistic reasoning consistency, positioning local languages as central analytic sites for assessing reliability, equity, and epistemic accountability in multilingual artificial intelligence
Critical literacy in the digital age: discourse analysis of online learning materials in Indonesian higher education Fitriya Dessi Wulandari
Indonesian Journal of Linguistics and Educational Studies Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): Language, education, and digital pedagogy in Indonesian contexts
Publisher : CV Narasi Khatulistiwa Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.67490/ijled.v1i1.543

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Background: The expansion of digital higher education in Indonesia has intensified the need to examine how critical literacy is constructed within online learning environments shaped by platform infrastructures and institutional governance. Objective: This study investigates how critical literacy is discursively framed, multimodally represented, and pedagogically enacted in online modules, video lectures, LMS discussions, and national MOOC platforms in Indonesian higher education. Method: Using a qualitative critical design integrating Critical Discourse Analysis (Fairclough), Multimodal Discourse Analysis (Kress & van Leeuwen), and Luke and Freebody’s Four Resources Model, the study analyzes 100 digital learning artifacts across public and private universities. Results: The findings indicate that critical literacy is predominantly framed as individualized cognitive competence rather than structural ideological critique. Multimodal design patterns replicate linear, print-based epistemologies despite digital affordances. Student engagement clusters at code-breaking and reflective levels, with limited ideological interrogation. Assessment rubrics privilege correctness and completion over transformative critique. Hyperlink ecologies and dialogic affordances remain underutilized. Implication: These findings imply that advancing critical literacy in digital higher education requires redesigning pedagogical, multimodal, and assessment practices to move beyond cognitive skills toward deeper ideological engagement and transformative digital citizenship. Novelty: The novelty of this research lies in its integrated multi-layered framework that connects discourse, multimodal design, and engagement analytics to reconceptualize online learning materials as ideological sites shaping semi-critical digital citizenship.