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The Gender Gap on Reading Habit of ELF Students Aprilianti, Berliana Dyah Ayu; Puspitasari, Evi
Proceeding Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Graduate Conference Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020): Armoring the Youth to Contribute to the SDGs
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

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Literacy issues become one of the problems in an educational field. As stated in the Sustainable Development Goals number four about quality education, this research has raised. Nowadays, in this modern era, children are influenced by gaming or playing social media rather than reading real books or virtual books. Meanwhile, the education field has technologized, it is easier to search something or just to read several pages each day. Based on UNESCO (2014), Indonesian children only read 27 pages each year. The low number of reading habits in Indonesia pushes the researcher to explore the gender gap on reading habits, especially the reading habit of EFL students in English Language Education Department in one of private university in Yogyakarta. The researcher spread the questionnaire to the English Language Education Department’s active students in one of private university in Yogyakarta. The result showed that there is a gap between male and female students on reading habits on their books choice and how the way their habit on reading. Therefore, after getting the result, the researcher hopes that the result of this study could inform the English Department of choosing an appropriate book or activities to the students, or more push the students to read a lot such as giving a reading assignment and it is sustainable.
Teaching English Writing for Primary Students: Constructivism Views Aprilianti, Berliana Dyah Ayu
JET (Journal of English Teaching) Vol. 10 No. 3 (2024): Journal of English Teaching
Publisher : Prodi. Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, FKIP, Universitas Kristen Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33541/jet.v10i3.6067

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As one of the productive skills, writing is highly required to be mastered by English as foreign language. Moreover, communication can be occurred not only in spoken form but also in written form. In creating good learning atmosphere for the students, teachers try to use the most appropriate approach to aim the learning goals, especially in mastering the writing skill. Constructivism approach is commonly used by teachers to enhance it. The implement of constructivism in teaching writing emphasize on students’ activity in building knowledge, interacting with others, constructing ideas, presenting critical thinking and collaboration. Those elements from constructivism are also integrated use teaching method that has been implemented by the teachers. However, teaching writing for primary students level is challenging in many context. Therefore, this article presents a closer look of the constructivism views for teaching primary students’ English writing. The implication from this article is hoped to be used as the supplementary information for primary teachers and other researchers on similar topic in teaching writing using constructivism approach.
Reading Tasks in Seventh Grade Junior High School English Coursebook: Genre Based Evaluation Aprilianti, Berliana Dyah Ayu; Sukarno, Sukarno
IJELTAL (Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics) Vol 10, No 1 (2025): Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Aji Muhammad Idris Samarinda

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21093/ijeltal.v10i1.1847

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Coursebooks as one of the learning sources are important to meet the students’ needs, especially those that match with the current curriculum. The current curriculum in Indonesia is Merdeka Curriculum. Therefore, the value of Genre Based Approach (GBA) in the Merdeka curriculum in a 7th grade Junior High School English coursebook is examined. An adopted checklist consists of 25 items focused on the subjects and contents, skill and sub-skills, and practical consideration is used as the evaluation matrix. The result answers three research questions. First, the coursebook shows a variety of activities. The most frequent reading activity is “read and answer questions”. Followed by “read and fill the blanks'' which becomes almost the two fifth part from the whole reading activities. Next, “read descriptive text”, “read sentences'', and “read comic strips'' also appear in the coursebook for less than 10%. The other reading activities are “read procedure text”, “read and draw map”, and “read a descriptive text and answer a true or false statement” (5.8% for each). Then, the last are “read and underline”, “read and give checklist”, and “read and ask someone’s identity” with the smallest portion in the coursebook. Second, the genres that appear in the coursebook are descriptive, procedure, and persuasive text. Last, the result of whether the coursebooks are implementing Genre-based Approach in Merdeka curriculum standards or not, and the result from the first and second research questions show that the coursebook that has been analyzed is implementing Genre-based Approach in Merdeka curriculum standards.
Digital Peer Feedback and Students’ Critical Thinking: What Correlation and to What Extent? Aprilianti, Berliana Dyah Ayu; Widyantoro, Agus
Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Vol. 12 No. 2 (2024): April
Publisher : Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v12i2.10264

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Digital peer feedback is one of the valuable instructional activities that can enhance students' critical thinking abilities. Yet, knowing it is an urge, the discussion about this has not been much quantitatively checked by some scholars.Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the qualification of perceived of providing digital peer feedback and students' critical thinking. In amplifying the purpose, this current research utilized a quantitative approach with a correlational design. The result shows an overall rating of 3.55 out of 4, indicates that students show a high perception of providing digital peer feedback. The critical thinking score of the students was indicates in the second result (3.82 out of 5), which shows that it is high level of critical thinking. The last finding examines the relationship between students' critical thinking and their perception of the advantages of providing digital peer feedback. The correlation test's significant (2-tailed) value is found to be 0.000 < 0.05 in the result, indicating that the alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted. The relationship was classified as weak level since the Pearson correlation result (r-value) was 0.358. It concludes that students applied critical thinking skills when providing digital peer feedback, and they also believed that providing digital peer feedback had various benefits for them. The result, it can be used to gain a greater understanding on how students  view digital peer feedback, their critical thinking, and the relationship between qualification of perceived of providing digital peer feedback and students' critical thinking.
Reading Tasks in Seventh Grade Junior High School English Coursebook: Genre Based Evaluation Aprilianti, Berliana Dyah Ayu; Sukarno, Sukarno
IJELTAL (Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics) Vol 10, No 1 (2025): Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Aji Muhammad Idris Samarinda

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21093/ijeltal.v10i1.1847

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Coursebooks as one of the learning sources are important to meet the students’ needs, especially those that match with the current curriculum. The current curriculum in Indonesia is Merdeka Curriculum. Therefore, the value of Genre Based Approach (GBA) in the Merdeka curriculum in a 7th grade Junior High School English coursebook is examined. An adopted checklist consists of 25 items focused on the subjects and contents, skill and sub-skills, and practical consideration is used as the evaluation matrix. The result answers three research questions. First, the coursebook shows a variety of activities. The most frequent reading activity is “read and answer questions”. Followed by “read and fill the blanks'' which becomes almost the two fifth part from the whole reading activities. Next, “read descriptive text”, “read sentences'', and “read comic strips'' also appear in the coursebook for less than 10%. The other reading activities are “read procedure text”, “read and draw map”, and “read a descriptive text and answer a true or false statement” (5.8% for each). Then, the last are “read and underline”, “read and give checklist”, and “read and ask someone’s identity” with the smallest portion in the coursebook. Second, the genres that appear in the coursebook are descriptive, procedure, and persuasive text. Last, the result of whether the coursebooks are implementing Genre-based Approach in Merdeka curriculum standards or not, and the result from the first and second research questions show that the coursebook that has been analyzed is implementing Genre-based Approach in Merdeka curriculum standards.