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When the books and reading friends are up to us: Students’ Responses about an Extensive Reading Program Evi Puspitasari
Eralingua: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Asing dan Sastra Vol 4, No 2 (2020): ERALINGUA
Publisher : Makassar State University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26858/eralingua.v4i2.12376

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Extensive Reading is one of alternatives that help teachers to motivate the students to read. Regarding that main benefit, in one Indonesian university, a teacher established an extensive reading program for freshmen. In the implementation, the teacher allowed the students to choose books and with whom they read. In practice, they made a group of four and met once a week to share what they read. This qualitative research was conducted to investigate students’ responses about the program. By involving six students who joined the program, the data were gained through interviews and reflective essays. The selected participants had different level of English, reading interest, and motives to sign up the program which made the data rich and were able to capture the phenomenon from diverse students’ viewpoints. After the data were obtained, they were coded, categorized to find the themes and interpreted. The result showed, all activities in the program namely choosing own books, having weekly reading in groups, having discussion with their group, and sharing their weekly meeting in their social media got both positive and negative responses. The positive responses appeared from benefits that the participants got while the negative responses came up because of the challenges they faced during the program. All in all, an extensive reading program that accommodates students’ freedom in reading, becomes a successful alternative to cultivate students’ L2 reading motivation if it is implemented by considering some possible encounters.
Students’ teacher-dependency and passiveness in online learning during COVID-19 pandemic Teguh Ariebowo; Evi Puspitasari
Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn) Vol 16, No 2: May 2022
Publisher : Intelektual Pustaka Media Utama

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (571.793 KB) | DOI: 10.11591/edulearn.v16i2.20450

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Online learning during COVID-19 pandemic has made teacher and students even parents busy in adapting the change. Many issues rose regarding the implementation of online learning. One of the issues is the student's teacher dependency in learning. Along with this problem, students tend to be passive in online learning. This research was conducted in a higer education context. Quantitative survey research was conducted to 656 sophomore students and 10 teachers in a college of aerospace technology in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Along with the questionnaire, an interview was held to gain the qualitative data to support the quantitive data. As the result, students tend to rely on their teachers and passive in learning. 
Book Review Podcasting in the Implementation of Extensive Reading: Exploring the Students’ Benefits Atta Rilysia Azis; Evi Puspitasari
Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Vol 4, No 1 (2019): January
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18196/ftl.4136

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Book review podcasting is one of the alternatives follow up activities in extensive reading. This type of activity is a result of integrating book review, a common post-reading assignment, and podcasting, a digital recording in a share-comment internet platform. This research aims to discuss the benefits that the students get from the activity in the implementation of extensive reading. This research belongs to qualitative research and took place in one English language education department of a university in Indonesia. The researchers collected the data by interviewing four first-year students who joined a reading-writing class where the lecturer implemented extensive reading. To gain answers from different perspectives, the researchers involved two participants with high reading interest and two others with low interest in that activity. Those four participants who were all female were chosen based on the recommendation from the lecturer. The result pointed out that book review podcasting could enhance students’ reading interest, improve language skills, get a recommendation of good books from friends, and get parents’ support to cultivate reading habits. The conclusion drawn from the finding is that creating a book review podcast as the follow-up activity after the extensive reading has a positive impact on the students.
Project-based Learning Implementation to Cultivate Preservice English Teachers’ 21st Century Skills Evi Puspitasari
IJELTAL (Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics) Vol 5, No 1 (2020): 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.v5i1.638

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The contribution of Project-based Learning (PbL) to 21st century learning skill development has been widely discussed by experts. This present qualitative research aims at exploring how PbL is applied in Lantern School of English Education (LSEE), an undergraduate program in Indonesia that produces an English teacher. In further, this research also looked at how the implementation enhanced the students’ 21st century learning skills comprising creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication. Considering those objectives, this research stood under qualitative approach and specifically employed case study design in order to investigate a single case which was project-based learning implementation in a particular context. The data were collected from interview, observation, and relevant documents which in this case, reflective essay, syllabus and students’ final projects. Observation and syllabus were used to investigate the implementation of PbL in LSEE, interviews and was to gather information about how the implementation cultivated students 21st century skills, while students’ works and reflective essay were to triangulate information from the other data collection techniques. After gaining the data, all were analysed using coding process to obtain the embedded themes as findings. The findings showed that the institution implemented PbL through the assessment, classroom activities, teacher roles, and student roles. Based on the students’ viewpoints, project-based assessment, group classroom activities, teachers being a facilitator, and students’ centeredness were successfully trained their ability on creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication. Conclusion and recommendation are also presented after the findings were discussed.
Learning Tools for EFL Writing: What and How based on Upper Secondary School Students’ Perspectives Evi Puspitasari; Elka Tsara
VELES Voices of English Language Education Society Vol 6 No 2 (2022): VELES Voices of English Language Education Society
Publisher : Universitas Hamzanwadi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29408/veles.v6i2.5878

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Writing in English is bit challenging since students should deal with not only organization and idea development but also the language. This study aims to explore the preferred learning tools used of upper secondary school students while writing and how the learning tools accommodate them in increasing the quality of their writing based upon their perspectives. This study belongs to descriptive qualitative research and took place at one of private upper secondary schools in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, with six students serving as research participants. A standardized open-ended interview and students’ writing works were used to acquire the data. The first finding revealed the learning tools opted by the students to support their writing are Youtube as a video sharing platform, Padlet as an online notice board, Grammarly, Google Translate, Grammar Checker as language support tools, and Google Docs and Microsoft Words for word processors. Meanwhile, from the two types of data, it is noticeable that students are helped by the tools. All of the aforementioned tools are able to linguistically and substantially improve their writing works by being language accommodation, idea development support, and writing organization assistance. Conclusion and recommendation are also discussed in this article after the findings and discussion are presented.
Pelatihan G-Cap untuk Peningkatan Keterampilan Bahasa Inggris dan Pemahaman tentang Hak Anak di Forum Anak Sedayu Evi Puspitasari
Prosiding Seminar Nasional Program Pengabdian Masyarakat 2022: 2. Kreatifitas Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran di Sekolah dan Perguruan Tinggi
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18196/ppm.52.1035

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Keterampilan Bahasa Inggris dan pemahaman dasar mengenai hak anak merupakan dua hal penting yang perlu dimiliki oleh siswa yang bergabung dalam forum anak di mana forum tersebut mengemban misi program yang sedang dijalankan oleh pemerintah Indonesia Bernama Sekolah Ramah Anak. Tujuan dari kegiatan abdimas ini adalah meningkatkan kecakapan dan pengetahuan anak-anak usia sekolah di Sedayu yang memiliki intensi untuk mengaktifkan Forum Anak Sedayu yang baru diinisiasi beberapa bulan lalu. Bekerjasama dengan Lazismu Sedayu, tim Abdimas mengaplikasikan teknik Gambar dengan Caption (G-Cap) untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut. Kegiatan yang dilaksanakan selama tiga pertemuan ini diawali dengan persiapan lalu pelaksanaan. Untuk mengukur kemampuan bahasa Inggris peserta, diadakan pre-test dan post-test. Siswapun diminta untuk membuat gambar dengan caption tentang hak anak untuk mengetahui pemahaman mereka terhadap materi. Nilai rerata dari tes menunjukkan peningkatan keterampilan Bahasa Inggris terutama kosa kata. Kemudian dari hasil karya peserta data diketahui siswa sudah paham tentang hak-hak yang harus diterima oleh setiap anak. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa kegiatan G-Cap mampu meningkatkan baik keterampilan Bahasa Inggris anak mapun pengetahuan mereka tentang apa yang harus mereka terima sebagai anak. Setelah pelatihan berakhir, peserta diharapkan agar ikut berperan aktif di Forum Anak Sedayu khususnya dalam hal mengkampanyekan hak-hak anak
A SURVEY STUDY: THE MEASUREMENT OF EFL STUDENTS’ READING ENGAGEMENT Evi Puspitasari; Noor Maulida Hayati
ELTIN Journal Vol 11 No 2 (2023): VOLUME 11, ISSUE 2, OCTOBER 2023
Publisher : STKIP Siliwangi

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Reading engagement combines motivation, interests, attitudes, emotions, self-regulation, and gaining a flow state while reading. The study's objective is to analyze the reading engagement level of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students at one of the private universities in Yogyakarta. This survey study was taken place by distributing a questionnaire to collect the data. A questionnaire comprising three constructs indicating reading engagement, namely construct of task value, anxiety, and flow, was distributed to 149 students online to measure the reading engagement level. After the data were gained and analyzed, it was known that their engagement level in reading was moderate, and the factor with the highest mean score was task value. The results implied that students' enjoyment of reading English texts is not disappointing but still needs improvement. Thus, strategies should be applied to make students more in the zone with reading which will lead to their excellent academic achievement.