Creating meaning: Developing students’ understanding of Indigenous community issues in prose class

This study investigated the significance of discussing a literary work written by an Indigenous American author to students’ general understanding of the socio-cultural, economic, and political issues of the Indigenous communities (ICs) in Indonesia. A total of 153 students who enrolled in the Prose...

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Main Authors: Sri Sumaryani, Imas Istiani, Lutfi Ashar Mauludin, Almira Irwaniyanti Utami
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Language:English
Published: Universitas Syiah Kuala 2024-09-01
Series:Studies in English Language and Education
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Online Access:https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/34979
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Imas Istiani
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Almira Irwaniyanti Utami
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description This study investigated the significance of discussing a literary work written by an Indigenous American author to students’ general understanding of the socio-cultural, economic, and political issues of the Indigenous communities (ICs) in Indonesia. A total of 153 students who enrolled in the Prose Class at the English Literature Study Program at Universitas Negeri Semarang participated in the study. This study adopted a pedagogical application model consisting of pre-reading activities, general comprehension, and connecting literary text with social context. The treatment was part of an attempt to incorporate local ICs content in the learning process and make it mainstream. This research employed a mixed method, and the participants completed the pre and post-tests as the quantitative data. In addition, an open-ended questionnaire and observation were used to collect the qualitative data. We employed Freire’s critical pedagogy to descriptively analyze the treatment process and results. The findings revealed that the treatment improved the student’s understanding of the issues faced by the ICs in Indonesia. They could comment critically on the issues during the discussion activity and fill in the knowledge gaps in the pre-test result. This study also suggested the integration and discussion of the ICs’ local values and issues into the education materials and texts to develop students’ critical thinking skills.
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spelling doaj-art-31e7d6579d8545ea9c05f3897125c3ca2025-01-28T10:47:38ZengUniversitas Syiah KualaStudies in English Language and Education2355-27942461-02752024-09-011131535155210.24815/siele.v11i3.3497918956Creating meaning: Developing students’ understanding of Indigenous community issues in prose classSri Sumaryani0Imas Istiani1Lutfi Ashar Mauludin2Almira Irwaniyanti Utami3Universitas Negeri SemarangUniversitas Negeri SemarangUniversitas AirlanggaUniversitas Negeri SemarangThis study investigated the significance of discussing a literary work written by an Indigenous American author to students’ general understanding of the socio-cultural, economic, and political issues of the Indigenous communities (ICs) in Indonesia. A total of 153 students who enrolled in the Prose Class at the English Literature Study Program at Universitas Negeri Semarang participated in the study. This study adopted a pedagogical application model consisting of pre-reading activities, general comprehension, and connecting literary text with social context. The treatment was part of an attempt to incorporate local ICs content in the learning process and make it mainstream. This research employed a mixed method, and the participants completed the pre and post-tests as the quantitative data. In addition, an open-ended questionnaire and observation were used to collect the qualitative data. We employed Freire’s critical pedagogy to descriptively analyze the treatment process and results. The findings revealed that the treatment improved the student’s understanding of the issues faced by the ICs in Indonesia. They could comment critically on the issues during the discussion activity and fill in the knowledge gaps in the pre-test result. This study also suggested the integration and discussion of the ICs’ local values and issues into the education materials and texts to develop students’ critical thinking skills.https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/34979critical pedagogyindigenous communityliteracy skillsprose
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Creating meaning: Developing students’ understanding of Indigenous community issues in prose class
Studies in English Language and Education
critical pedagogy
indigenous community
literacy skills
prose
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indigenous community
literacy skills
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