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Developing a Prototype of Interactive E-Book as Extensive Reading Material for the Eighth Graders in SMP Negeri 6 Malang
No full textABSTRACT Firda, Ima Dwi Lailatul. 2016. Developing a Prototype of Interactive E-book as Extensive Reading Materialfor the EighthGraders in SMP Negeri 6 Malang. Sarjana’ Thesis, English Department, Faculty of Letters, State University of Malang. Advisors: (I) Francisca Maria Ivone, M.A., Ph.D, (II) Dra. Siti Nurul Muthmainnah, M.A. Key words: extensive reading material, interactive e-book, eighth graders The Research and Development (R&D) study aimed at developing an extenisve reading material in the form of prototype of an interactive e-book to cultivate students’ reading habit outside class. The interactive e-bookis created using Adobe Flash CS 6 that could be operated in laptop/computer. This kind of media was chosen since it was up to date, effective, suitable with learners’ needs nowadays, and appropriate with learners’ objective in reading narrative text of fable. In the process of developing the interactive e-book, the researcher followed seven stages −the needs analysis, developing the product, expert validation, first revision, try out, second revision, and publishing the product −. The role of the researcher in this study was as the developer and the creator of the product design. Two other people assisted her in different stages of the product development. An illustrator created the illustrated pictures and a programmer converted the product design into the interactive e-book. The results of the try-out showed some great results. More than 80% students gave positive results toward the product. There were 96% of the students agreed that they felt more interested in reading English books after using the media. In addition, the results in students’ report card showed there were 92% of the students felt more desirable in conducting extensive reading. However, there were three problems identified during the try-out: students skip from activities to another, students worked with others, and some students were annoyed with the background music. Overall,the product can attract students’ interest to learn independently. It is recommended for students to use the media as extensive reading material. For English teacher, the media can be a material for students’ reading source, teach students’ writing, and solve lack of vocabularies. Last, for future researcher, the betterment for the product is still needed in order to get better results for the same skill, or other skills
ATTITUDES TOWARD EXTENSIVE READING AMONG ENGLISH TEACHERS OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS
Get PDFAbstract: Attitudes Toward Extensive Reading Among English Teachers of Senior High Schools. This survey aims to investigate the attitudes of 32 English teachers of public senior high schools in a district in East Java Province, Indonesia, toward Extensive Reading (ER) as one of the ways of improving reading habit, covering the teachers’ cognitive, behavioral, and affective attitudes. Questionnaires in the form of closed-ended and open-ended questions were used as the main instrument to collect the data, complemented with interviews with sampled teachers to gain more in-depth understanding of the phenomena under study. The results show that cognitively, most English teachers have positive cognitive attitudes, which implies good understanding of ER. The teachers’ affective attitudes also reflect their eagerness to know more about implementing ER and to find ways of solving potential problems. However, in terms of behavioral attitudes, the data show that the teachers are still in doubt to conduct ER program due to several problems, such as time allotment, reading resources, students’ motivation, curriculum and school programs, learning assessment, and school rules. The findings imply the need for policy makers at school and government’s educational agencies, as well as experts in the field to help support the teachers in setting up ER program at schools by addressing the issues that teachers are concerned with.Abstrak: Sikap Guru Bahasa Inggris Sekolah Menengah Atas Terhadap Membaca Ekstensif. Studi survei ini bertujuan untuk menyelidiki sikap (kognitif, konatif, dan afektif) dari 32 guru bahasa Inggris Sekolah Menengah Atas di salah satu kota di Provinsi Jawa Timur, Indonesia, terhadap membaca ekstensif sebagai salah satu cara untuk meningkatkan kebiasaan membaca. Kuesioner dalam bentuk pertanyaan tertutup dan terbuka digunakan sebagai instrumen utama untuk mengumpulkan data, serta dilengkapi dengan wawancara dengan guru sampel untuk mendapatkan pemahaman mendalam tentang fenomena yang diteliti. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara kognitif, sebagian besar guru bahasa Inggris memiliki sikap kognitif positif, yang menyiratkan pemahaman yang baik tentang membaca ekstensif. Sikap afektif guru juga mencerminkan keinginan mereka untuk mengetahui lebih banyak tentang penerapan membaca ekstensif dan untuk menemukan cara memecahkan masalah potensial. Namun, dalam hal sikap konatif, data menunjukkan bahwa guru masih ragu untuk melakukan program membaca ekstensif karena beberapa masalah, seperti alokasi waktu, sumber bacaan, motivasi siswa, kurikulum dan program sekolah, penilaian pembelajaran, dan peraturan sekolah. Hasil-hasil ini menyiratkan perlunya pembuat kebijakan di sekolah dan lembaga pendidikan pemerintah, serta para ahli di lapangan untuk membantu mendukung para guru dalam menyiapkan program membaca ekstensif di sekolah-sekolah dengan menangani isu-isu yang berkaitan dengan guru
