scholarly journals Qualitative Study on Genre Recognition of Native Korean Speakers -Based on the comparison between authentic texts and textbook reading materials-

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (null) ◽  
pp. 81-105
Author(s):  
이승연
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Authentic Texts ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Korean Speakers ◽  
Textbook Reading ◽  
Native Korean Speakers

scholarly journals Online English Comics as Reading Materials for English Language Education Department Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1359-1369
Author(s):  
A. Syahid ◽  
Ulfah Khoirotunnisa
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
English Language ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Reading Motivation ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Education Department ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
Reading Materials

<p style="text-align: justify;">Online English comic is one of reading material that can be used by students. Students should be triggered by interesting and understandable reading material to increase their reading motivation and English proficiency. The objective of this study is to discuss the benefits of online English comics as reading materials and to discover the applications and websites that are usually used by students to read online English comics. This study applied the descriptive qualitative study supported by interviews as a data-gathering technique. The results of this study showed the benefits of online English comics as reading materials. Those are adding language knowledge such as vocabulary and grammar, enhancing reading comprehension, building critical thinking, increasing creativity, and developing reading motivation. The second finding is about the applications and websites to read English comics that students prefer to read. There are some applications and websites that are usually used by students to read English comics. The applications are Webtoon and Ciayo Comic, and also the websites include Mangakakalot.com, Mangareaderapp.com, Mangazuki.info, and Mangapanda.com.</p>

scholarly journals The Strengths and Weaknesses of Extensive Reading using Wattpad; Students’ Perceptions

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 373
Author(s):  
Intan Permatasari ◽  
Agus Wijayanto ◽  
Diah Kristina
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Education ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
Authentic Texts ◽  
Printed Books ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Class Room ◽  
The Times ◽  
Reading Activity

This study aims to explore the strengths and weaknesses of extensive reading using Wattpad platform based on students’ perceptions. Extensive reading allows students to have more variation in their reading materials as they can read authentic texts from various sources that it is actually applied outside the class room for most people consider it as joyful reading. The advancement of technology over the times enables people to do many activities online, including extensive reading activity. Hence, Wattpad is believed to provide enormous free and paid reading materials that can support extensive reading for the students. To achieve the objectives, this study is in the form of case study. The data were collected through in-depth interview with the participants. The participants were two undergraduate students majoring English Education from two different universities in Indonesia. The participants were selected purposively because they were known to have been doing extensive reading activity on Wattpad for a quite long time, specifically for five years. The research findings showed several strengths of using Wattpad for extensive reading such as Wattpad gives students numerous and various sources of reading materials; extensive reading on Wattpad is a fun and enjoyable experience; extensive reading on Wattpad is more practical than using printed-books; extensive reading on Wattpad is money-saving; the reading materials on Wattpad have good quality contents; extensive reading through Wattpad improves students English’s skills unconsciously as well as the reading habit. Meanwhile, there are several weaknesses of extensive reading using Wattpad according to students such as; similarities in the reading materials sometimes make them boring to read; using the platform for a certain long time can potentially cause tired eyes; there are other distractions that can disrupt the extensive reading activity.

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