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The Utilization of Smartphone to Facilitate EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension Improvement Annisa Rahim; Sofia Listika; Syania Delila; Vivi Novita
English Instruction Vol. 3 No. 2 (2020): English Instruction
Publisher : Nalar Global

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The smartphone is a technology that is currently widely used as a medium of learning. Moreover, as a medium to improve reading comprehension skills, the way to use a smartphone, which is mostly by reading, is one way of improvising reading comprehension skills. Because reading is a significant skill that learners should know. There are various types of research on the use of smartphones in improving reading skills. The results show that EFL students prefer reading comprehension via mobile phones because of the convenience facilitated by the portability and accessibility of mobile phones. reading can be the means by which a thing is taken or understood. reading doesn't just mean knowing words or descriptive linguistics. Reading strategies can be classified into four types namely skimming, scanning, extensive and intensive reading.
Student’s Interest in Writing Transactional Text by Using Origami Paper at MTs PP Darul Qur’an Sofia Listika; Muhammad Taufik Ihsan
TRANSFORM: Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol. 13 No. 4 (2024): December, 2024
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

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Using origami paper become one of the effective ways to teach writing. In fact, each student has different interests in writing and the use of origami paper in increasing student interest is still considered unclear. This study is designed to describe student’s level of interest and the dominant indicator of students’ interest in writing transactional text by using origami paper. The design of this research was descriptive quantitative research and the researcher uses a survey model. The population of this study was second year students at MTs PP Darul Qur’an and the sample of this research was taken by using total sampling was 60 students. The techniques of collecting data were close-ended questionnaire. Based on the analysis of student’s interest in writing transactional text by using origami paper, shows that the total score was 5059 with the percentage 84%. It means that the category of student’s interest in writing transactional text by using origami paper is very high level. The researcher also found that the enjoyment indicator was the most dominant indicator of students' interest.