Philosophica: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Budaya

READABILITY OF TEACHING MATERIALS BY STUDENTS OF STABN SRIWIJAYA BASED ON FLESCH FORMULA

Suntoro Suntoro — 2022-07-11

As prospective educators, students must have the competence to write good teaching materials. One indicator of good teaching materials is readability in accordance with the level of education of students. This study aims to determine the legibility of teaching materials by students using the Flesch Formula. The research method used is descriptive quantitative with instruments in the form of performance tests as a data collection tool. The results of this study indicate: (1) based on measurements using the Flesch Formula, 24% of teaching materials are in accordance with the specified readability level and 76% of teaching materials are not in accordance with the specified readability level; (2) A total of 17% of teaching materials are included in the category of moderately easy, 4% easy, 31% moderate, 24% quite difficult, 21% difficult, and 3% very difficult; and (3) other factors that cause incompatibility of teaching materials made by students are sentences that are too complex with the number only ranging from 2-7 sentences every 100 words. Therefore, prospective teachers should develop the skills of writing teaching materials well by practicing independently or under the guidance of the lecturer. Institutions can also make policies to deepen the writing of teaching materials for students in existing courses or insert new courses in the curriculum structure.

THE STUDY OF LITERACY CULTURE THROUGH ANDROID-BASED WEBTOON APPLICATION AS AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE ENGLISH CAPABILITY OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PANDEMIC TIMES

Amin Khudlori — 2022-07-11

Webtoon is a type of comic currently in demand by young people (students). If it is used properly, webtoon can be used as one of the teaching media in learning English. In addition to improve English competence, the efforts to foster literacy culture in students are grown here. With the development of android-based mobile phones that are easy to use by students, researchers combine android-based application with webtoon learning media to improve students' English competence and literacy. The problem in this research is how to increase reading interest in high school students through android-based interactive learning media during the pandemic. This study aims to develop android-based interactive learning media through webtoon application as an effort to improve the English language skills of high school students through literacy culture during the pandemic. This study also aims to foster reading interest in high school students through smartphone technology. The subjects of this study were high school students. The research method used is triangulation method which includes data triangulation, inter-researcher triangulation and theoretical triangulation. The data collection techniques used were interview, observation and documentation which were analyzed with descriptive qualitative analysis techniques. The results showed that the respondents' English skills and reading interest increased with the use of the webtoon application. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the use of android-based webtoon application makes students not only learn the existing material, but can also increase their reading interest.

ANALYSIS OF MARUGOTO TEACHING MATERIALS IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: A1 ACTIVITIES FOR BEGINNERS

Rosalina Wahyu Riani — 2022-07-11

Marugoto Japanese Language and Culture teaching materials: Beginner A1 Activities can be used by Japanese language instructors and Japanese language learners as material resources to improve Japanese language skills. The purpose of this study is to describe the content components contained in the Marugoto Japanese Language and Culture teaching material: Beginner A1 Activity. This study uses a qualitative research method. This research is included in the type of content analysis used to examine teaching materials for Marugoto Japanese Language and Culture: Beginner A1 Activity. The data source is teaching material for Marugoto Japanese Language and Culture: Beginner A1 The activity. The results of this study indicate that the material and language components presented have been in accordance with the main objectives of language teaching. The advantage of this teaching material is that there are photographs and illustrative images that are colorful and interesting so that language learners are more interested in reading them. Then the textbook, also available in an online version (web). Meanwhile, the disadvantage is that the material in the teaching book is arranged randomly, making it difficult for teachers to deliver it. In addition, the learner has difficulty applying the material in it because the explanation books are arranged separately so that it is less optimal to use to learn independently.

STUDENTS' TRANSLATION ERRORS IN TRANSLATING NEWS TEXTS BASED ON VILAR et al. (2006)

Mochamad Rizqi Adhi Pratama — 2022-07-11

The research is aimed at describing the types of translation errors made by the English Literature Students in translating news text from English into Indonesian. The present study employed a descriptive qualitative study. The research subject was the sixth-semester students of the English Literature Study Program, Faculty of Economics, Law, and Humanities, Universitas Ngudi Waluyo who have taken a Translation Course. The news text was taken from the Jakarta Post and it consists of 22 paragraphs. The news texts were then translated into Bahasa Indonesia and they become the target texts as the sources of data to investigate the studentsâ€™ translation errors. They were then classified into five types of errors according to Vilar et al. (2006, 698). The research results revealed that there were 108 translation errors in the form of incorrect words (60,2%), punctuation (18.5%), missing words (12,03%), and word order (0,9%). It can be concluded that the most frequent errors made by the students are incorrect words, punctuation, and missing words.Â

MEDIA OF LITERARY WORKS AND SYMBOLIC SOCIAL MOVEMENTS OF MAS MARCO KARTODIKROMO

Agus Sulton — 2022-07-11

This study aims to identify and discover the ideas of social change offered by Mas Marco Kartodikromo through his work. Mas Marco Kartodikromo is an active person who writes literary works and articles in the early 20th century. The results of his writings present ideas for social change and the theme of the injustice of the system applied by the Dutch colonial government. The results of this study indicate that the idea of social change offered by Mas Marco Kartodikromo concerns the issue of nationalism for the Indies homeland, the idea of independence for the Indies homeland, defending the rights of indigenous women in the Indies, and improving the policy system in the Indies. Broadly speaking, the narratives written by Mas Marco Kartodikromo provide awareness to the readers so that the Indies quickly get out of the Dutch colonial shackles to become an independent state.