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A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS IN THE TEXTBOOK ENDORSED BY THE GOVERNMENT Aulia Azmi; Noor Aisyah
Intensive Journal Vol 6, No 2 (2023): Volume 6 Issue 2 October 2023
Publisher : Universitas Islam Kalimantan Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31602/intensive.v6i2.8350

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 Material is a component of teaching to create a successful teaching and learning process. The purpose of this study is to describe the content of reading material in “Bahasa Inggris” textbook which endorsed by the government, especially the cognitive levels of the questions that follow the reading texts. This study used the qualitative research design. Meanwhile, the qualitative data of the research were cognitive level of questions that followed the reading texts. The researcher also used content analysis which was as one of the techniques used in qualitative research to collect and analyze the data of the textbook. Moreover, the instruments for analyzing cognitive level of questions that followed the reading texts were a checklist proposed by Igbaria (2013) and a guide for deciding the level of the questions based on the cognitive domain of Bloom’s taxonomy. The result showed that cognitive levels of questions that followed the reading texts found that 125 questions (89.9%) which were categorized as lower order thinking skills. Meanwhile, there were 14 (10.07%) questions which were categorized as higher order thinking skills. Thus, the questions which were categorized as Lower-order Thinking Skills (LOTS) were more dominant in the textbook.   
THE EFFECT OF USING AUTHENTIC MATERIALS ON READING COMPREHENSION ACROSS SECONDARY STUDENT’ COGNITIVE LEARNING STYLE Noor Aisyah; Aulia Azmi
Intensive Journal Vol 6, No 2 (2023): Volume 6 Issue 2 October 2023
Publisher : Universitas Islam Kalimantan Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31602/intensive.v6i2.8616

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The teaching of reading nowadays is urged to empower students to cope with 21st century literacy challenges and to develop prevailing 21st century. Further, English teachers have to implement interesting and creative materials and strategies to motivate students in learning English. Compared to non-authentic materials, authentic materials seemed more promising to fulfill the demand. The aim of this study was to investigate whether or not the use of authentic materials in the classroom in teaching reading comprehension is effective toward students’ cognitive learning styles. The effect of authentic materials was compared to the non-authentic ones. This study employed a quasi-factorial 2 x 2 design and involved 68 tenth graders SMKN 3 Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan Province. The instruments used were reading comprehension posttest and GEFT. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 23.0 to test hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The results showed that authentic materials improved students’ reading comprehension compared to the non-authentic ones. It conforms to the theory of authentic materials and the previous studies indicating authentic material is effective in improving students’ reading comprehension. It was further found that there was no significant difference in the reading comprehension between field independent and field dependent students. Based on the results, it can be concluded that using authentic materials is promising alternative materials to help students increase students’ reading comprehension with different cognitive learning styles.