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SPOTTING FAKE NEWS AND HOAXES IN CRITICAL READING COURSE USING MEDIA LITERACY PROJECT Adesti Komalasari
LINGUISTIKA Vol 9, No 2 (2018): Oktober
Publisher : Universitas Bandar Lampung

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With the extremely easy access to information through online platform and the increasing numbers of internet users, people get abundant information both from valid and reliable sources and invalid and unreliable ones.Given the situation, the existence of hoaxes and fake news is inevitable and one of the methods to tackle the spreading of fake news is by increasing students' literacy level, especially in recognizing news validity and reliability. In order to increase one's literacy level, some extensive hours of reading are required so that they are exposed to news and later become quality news literate. Media Literacy Project becomes a strategy to introduce the characteristics of hoaxes and fake news and this strategy is implemented in Critical Reading course, whose objectives are to distinguish facts from opinions, draw conclusions from written material based on knowledge, experience, logic and awareness of the source validity and reliability, and develop and practice critical readingskills necessary for success in content area courses by interpreting, evaluating, and applying the knowledge to understanding the reading content and context. This research tries to examine the significance of readers' literacy level in recognizing information validity and reliability and to analyze how Media Literacy Project could increase students' literacy level and their awareness of fake news and hoaxes written by some news portals
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING CONTEXT: CASE OF LITERATURE FOR YOUNGER AND OLDER CHILDREN COURSE Fahira Akmalia; Adesti Komalasari
UC Journal: ELT, Linguistics and Literature Journal Vol 2, No 2 (2021): November 2021
Publisher : Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta

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Globalization and the advancement of technology influence people to communicate with each other. Nowadays, people in different regions and countries interact with each other and intercultural interaction happens among them. In this context, there is intercultural communication when the interaction occurs. In recent years, the emergence of the Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC) concept has entered the education field. This paper discusses the integration of ICC concepts and areas to a course in one of the private universities in Jakarta and sees how the course incorporated ICC concepts for students’ ICC development. The course is Literature for Younger and Older Children that integrates the ICC concept by conducting a virtual exchange program, excursion, and a project for their students. The virtual exchange happened between the participants and their group friends from Sweden. The phenomenology qualitative method was applied to dig deep information about the participants during the course activities. Observation, participants’ video reflection and the virtual exchange program are the data of this research. The result of this research is all of the course activities support the participants to develop the ICC areas; the knowledge, skills of interpreting and relating, skill of cultural awareness, skill of interaction and discovery, and attitudes. At the end of the course, the participants have developed their intercultural communication competence.