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Digital Storytime: Investigating Prathambooks.org's Role in Reducing College Reading Anxiety Marlina, Leni; Safitri, Dian; Amri, Zul; Aufa, Fauzul; Yuliani
SALEE: Study of Applied Linguistics and English Education Vol. 6 No. 1 (2025)
Publisher : STAIN Sultan Abdurrahman Kepulauan Riau

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35961/salee.v6i1.1709

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EFL learners consider reading English texts as a tiresome and unpleasant task that must be completed since they are not used to being exposed to interesting reading materials (Lee, 2015, p. 66). Digital children’s literature allows EFL learners to experience reading books interactively. This research aims to investigate whether using digital children’s literature prathambooks.org has a significant effect on EFL college students’ reading anxiety. prathambooks.org is a web-based story book that provides an open-access repository through the prathambooks.org feature. This study examined 184 undergraduate students enrolled in Introduction to Literature at Universitas Negeri Padang's English Department during the 2022/2023 academic year. Data were collected via a 26-item reading anxiety questionnaire adapted from Ahmad et al. (2013), administered pre- and post-intervention. The intervention consisted of a 15-day program utilizing 15 digital stories from Prathambooks.org, supplemented with comprehension and vocabulary exercises. This protocol was designed to investigate the effects of digital children's literature on college-level reading anxiety. The finding showed a positive effect on students’ reading anxiety after following reading treatment. The students’ post-response scores decreased significantly by about 4.04%, from 70.51% to 66.47%. This research proves that integrating prathambooks.org with structured exercises as reading material has a significant effect on decreasing EFL college students’ reading anxiety.
FORMULASI SEDIAAN SABUN CAIR DARI EKSTRAK ETANOL DAUN SINGKONG (Manihot utilissima Pohl.) Lasri Winarsih, Dinda; Amri, Zul; Krisyanella
Jurnal Pharmacopoeia Vol 1 No 1 (2022): Maret 2022
Publisher : Poltekkes Kemenkes Bengkulu

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (349.42 KB) | DOI: 10.33088/jp.v1i1.139

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Latar belakang: Singkong (Manihot utilissima Pohl.) adalah salah satu tanaman yang bagian daunnya sering dimanfaatkan sebagai obat oleh masyarakat. Beberapa penelitian telah membuktikan bahwa kandungan flavonoid ekstrak daun singkong memiliki aktivitas antibakteri terhadap bakteri gram positif maupun bakteri gram negatif. Sediaan farmasi yang dapat digunakan untuk menjaga kesehatan khususnya kulit adalah sabun cair. Sabun cair lebih higienis dan lebih praktis dibawa kemana-mana serta harus memenuhi syarat uji karakteristik SNI. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui formula sabun cair dari ekstrak etanol daun singkong (Manihot utilissima Pohl.) yang memenuhi karakteristik sediaan sabun cair. Metode:Penelitian menggunakan metode eksperimental untuk meneliti karakteristik sediaan sabun cair dengan konsentrasi ekstrak daun singkong 0%, 2%, 3% dan 4% yang meliputi uji organoleptis, homogenitas, pH, tinggi busa dan iritasi. Hasil: Hasil uji sediaan sabun cair pada formula I (2%), formula II (3%), dan formula III (4%) telah memenuhi syarat uji organoleptis, homogenitas, pH, tinggi busa yang ditetapkan oleh SNI serta tidak menyebakan iritasi pada kulit. Kesimpulan: Penelitian yang telah dilakukan menunjukkan bahwa daun singkong dapat diformulasikan menjadi sabun cair karena pada konsentrasi 2%, 3% dan 4% telah memenuhi syarat uji karakteristik. Saran: Perlu dilakukan penelitian lebih lanjut dengan alat pengaduk canggih, variasi konsentrasi ekstrak dibawah 2% dan konsentrasi CMC dibawah 1%. Selain itu, perlu dilakukan uji viskositas dan uji aktivitas antibakteri untuk mengetahui karakteristik dan efektivitas antibakteri.