Journal•ISSN: 1304-0057
Litera
Istanbul University
About: Litera is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Vocabulary & German. It has an ISSN identifier of 1304-0057. Over the lifetime, 542 publications have been published receiving 1130 citations.
Topics: Vocabulary, German, Narrative, Noun, Poetry
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors employed the exploratory descriptive approach and document analysis to describe Indonesian students' reading skills in the international level, their skills in solving literary and non-literary test items, and factors affecting their problem solving skills.
Abstract: This study aims to describe: (a) Indonesian students’ reading skills in the international level, (b) their skills in solving literary and non-literary test items, and (c) factors affecting their problem solving skills. This study employed the exploratory descriptive approach and document analysis. The data source was the database of IEA Program PIRLS 2011 taken from PIRLS-almanac and TPIRLS-item released. The results of the study are as follows. First, the average attainment of Indonesian students’ reading skills is lower than the international median. Second, their problem solving skills improved from 2006 to 2011, especially in the high, moderate, and low levels, but there was no improvement in the excellent level. Third, the problem solving skills are affected by: (a) a tendency to answer questions by guessing, (b) the poor construction of stems and options, (c) poor quality discourses, (d) reading competence development which is not maximum, (e) inadequate reading habit development, (f) inappropriate literary theories taught, (g) answers which are varied according teachers and students, and (h) test items that do not usually appear in the national examination. Keywords: reading skills, national examination, literary and non-literary test items
28 citations
TL;DR: Tujuan penelitian et al. as mentioned in this paper collected information about elementary school students' learning styles and preferences that are useful for developing reading literacy books to strengthen the socio-cultural values in elementary schools in order to be effective for the School Literacy Movement.
Abstract: Tujuan penelitian awal ini untuk mengumpulkan informasi tentang gaya belajar dan kesukaan siswa SD yang berguna untuk mengembangkan buku literasi membacasebagai bentuk pemantapan nilai sosial budaya di SD agar berdaya guna untuk Gerakan Literasi Sekolah Hal ini dilandasi oleh masih ditemukan kasus siswa SD yang melakukan kekerasan terhadap teman sendiri Model pengembangan literasi membaca untuk siswa SD yang digunakan adalah model Plomp dengan langkah: preliminary research, prototyping, dan assessment Temuan penelitian dalam analisis awal yaitu siswa cenderung kurang termotivasi untuk membaca disebabkan bahan bacaan yang kurang menarik Analisis kebutuhan menunjukkan bahwa siswa SD sangat menyukai cerita rakyat Cerita rakyat yang perlu dikembangkan yaitu cerita rakyat nusantara yang tersebar di seluruh Indonesia dalam setiap provinsi Diharapkan praktisi pendidikan menggunakan buku yang berisi tentang cerita rakyat dalam proses pembelajaran dan menjalankan Gerakan Literasi Sekolah Hasil validasi bahan ajar menunjukkan bahwa bahan ajar literasi membaca dengan menggunakan cerita rakyat sudah valid dan dapat diujicobakan Kata kunci: literasi membaca, cerita rakyat,sekolah dasar READING LITERACY TO STRENGTHEN SOCIAL VALUES AMONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS Abstract This preliminary study aims to collect information about elementary school students’ learning styles and preferences that are useful for developing reading literacy books to strengthenthe socio-cultural values in elementary schools in order to be effective for the School Literacy Movement This is as based on the fact that there are cases of elementary school students committing violence against their own friends The development model of reading literacy for elementary school students was Plomp’s model with the steps of preliminary research, prototyping, and assessment The research findings in the preliminary analysis show that students tend to have less motivation to read due to reading materials which are not interesting enough The needs analysis results show that elementary school students really like folklore The folklore to be developed comprises traditional Indonesian folklore spreading throughout the country in every province It is expected that educational practitioners use a book about folklore in the learning process and the School Literacy Movement The results of the teaching materials validation show that reading literacy learning materials using folklore are valid and can be tried out Keywords: reading literacy, folklore, elementary school
24 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the literacy components based on the PIRLS version, identify the constructs of reading literacy competence for grade IV of the elementary school, and make a draft of the literacy constructs of literacy competence in the Indonesian version.
Abstract: This study aims to: (1) describe the literacy components based on the PIRLS version, (2) identify the constructs of reading literacy competence for Grade IV of the elementary school, and (3) make a draft of the constructs of literacy competence for Grade IV of the elementary school in the Indonesian version. The data were collected through literature review, interviews, and focus group discussion. They were analyzed by the qualitative descriptive technique. The results are as follows. First, the literacy components based on the PIRLS version comprise: the reading literacy concept, assessment framework, benchmark, literary text components, and assessment system determination. Second, the reading literacy competence is constructed as the competence to read and comprehend literary and informative texts, based on four cognitive levels, from a variety of text types in line with the social context around the students and the national context. Third, the constructs of literacy competence in the Indonesian version consist of: 2-5 difficult words, a text length of 200 words, the composition of low to high cognitive levels of 30-30-3010, text themes suitable to Indonesian condition and culture, clear text illustrations, and tables/graphs presented in gradation. The results are important as literacy information for the basis for developing educational policies in Indonesia.
21 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a study aimed to describe forms of literacy culture and constraints faced by students in carrying out activities in literacy culture, and found that students' literacy culture is manifested in their reading and writing activities.
Abstract: This study aims to describe forms of literacy culture and constraints faced by students in carrying out activities in literacy culture. The research subjects were students of Faculty of Languages and Arts, Yogyakarta State University. The data were collected through observations, questionnaires, interviews, and documentation. Theye were analyzed by the qualitative descriptive technique. The results of the study are as follows. First, the students’ literacy culture is manifested in their reading and writing activities. Reading activities are done because there are assignments related to the courses (60%) and because they like reading (11%). Writing activities done because they like them are in a range of 17%-40% and those done because there are demands from the courses are 25-42%. Students who link reading and writing activities reach 53%. Second, constraints in literacy culture come from the students and the environment. The former are in general due to laziness, lack of motivation, not being focused, fatigue and boredom, no writing ideas, difficulty in composing words and sentences, and confusion, while the latter include, among others, lack of reference in the library and references in foreign languages. Keywords: literacy culture, reading and writing activities
21 citations