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Challenges in reading English academic texts for non-English major students of an Indonesian university Dardjito, Hanandyo; Rolls, Nicola; Setiawan, Ari; Sumekto, Didik Rinan
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 10, No 3 (2023)
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24815/siele.v10i3.29067

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This study examines the barriers to reading academic texts among university students for whom English is a foreign language. While many previous studies have focused on instructional design for building academic reading skills, this study focuses on the fundamental issues that need consideration before setting up the instructional design for English academic reading. Taking an interpretive phenomenological viewpoint, this study applied a qualitative method through an online survey and interviews. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, online data collection was the most accessible means of approaching the students. Ninety-five students from various non-English study programs (courses) at a private university voluntarily responded to the open-ended online questionnaire, providing survey data. Five students provided further data through individual interviews on their academic reading challenges. A thematic analysis of the survey data revealed four themes and eight subthemes representing the students challenges, which were explored further in the interviews. These challenges and the relationships among them are discussed. The results suggest that most students depended on single-word meanings as their prime strategy for achieving comprehension. However, this strategy also represented the most notable challenge in their effective reading of English academic texts. They failed to comprehend the text effectively because their translation did not make sense. Furthermore, the nature of the reading strategies of the student cohort had an impact on their baseline reading proficiency.
PARALINGUISTIC FEATURES IN STUDENTS' STORYTELLING WITHIN MULTIMODAL COMMUNICATIONS Sumekto, Didik Rinan; Dardjito, Hanandyo; Sukur, Silvester Goridus; Andriani, Yunita Susi; Olam, Rismalla Ma'im; Sulistyorini, Dyah Ayu
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 27, No 2 (2024): October 2024
Publisher : English Education Study Programme of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v27i2.8701

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This study assessed paralinguistic features in Indonesian university students' contextual interaction during storytelling. Data collection was recorded from respondents' two video-based storytelling performances, while a self-rated questionnaire was distributed to 235 respondents out of 481 undergraduate English education students using simple random sampling. Data analysis used a mixed-methods approach to qualify students' paralinguistic features using the eduistic linguistics annotator (ELAN) and to quantify the paralinguistic features using statistical analyses through the significance of .05. The findings revealed that the ELAN analyzed the contextual interaction among freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The students’ paralinguistic features corresponded with the lexical and semantic evidence, which approached the function of monosyllabic and bisyllabic words, nonverbal expressions, and interpretations. Bodily gesture quantitatively showed moderate category for 44.7% (t = 2.434; p = .016), articulation showed attributable category for 54.0% (t = 3.789; p = .000), facial expression showed moderate category for 61.7% (t = 2.472; p = .014), and voice loudness showed attributable category for 47.7% (t = 4.121; p = .000). Herein, positive and significant attribution were shown by these paralinguistic features towards students' contextual interactions in storytelling for 34.9% with the multiple regressions (F = 7.990, R² = .349, and p < .000). The paralinguistic features empirically address the multimodal communication modes to improve teaching and learning activities.
The implementation of comics strip in teaching recount text Musfira, Musfira; Dardjito, Hanandyo; Akbar, Aditya Sahrul
Journal of English Language and Pedagogy Vol 7 No 1 (2024)
Publisher : Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36597/jelp.v7i1.10988

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This research aims to describe the implementation of comic strips in teaching recount text writing to eighth-grade students of MTS Nurul Jamil Bombana based on a scientific approach.  The research was conducted in Class VIII A. This study was action research. It was conducted in two cycles, from 8th April to 14th April 2021. The steps of the research were reconnaissance, planning, action and observation, and reflection. The subjects of the research were 20 students of the VIII A class. The data collected were in the form of qualitative data. The qualitative data were gained from observation, interviews, and documents. There were four steps in analysing the data: Data collection, data reduction, data display and conclusion/verification. The result of the research indicated that the implementation of Comic Strips based on the scientific approach was effective, and the comic strip improved the students’ learning process in writing recount texts. The students could generate ideas, and they could write recount texts in the correct form based on the criteria of effective writing skills.