Journal of Language, Literature, and Educational Research

Flash-Based KWL Interactive Media for TIMSS Oriented Reading Comprehension Skills

2026-02-27T11:30:10+07:00

Purpose of the study: This study aims to develop and validate Flash-based interactive learning media integrated with the K-W-L strategy to enhance eleventh-grade students’ reading comprehension skills and align instructional practices with higher-order cognitive demands reflected in international assessments such as the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

Methodology: This research employed a Research and Development (R&D) design adapted from the Borg and Gall model. The study involved eleventh-grade students in a public senior high school. Data were collected through expert validation sheets, reading comprehension tests (pre-test and post-test), and student response questionnaires. Data analysis included descriptive percentage analysis and N-Gain calculation.

Main Findings: The developed media achieved an average expert validation score of 88.18%, categorized as good and feasible for classroom implementation. The effectiveness test showed a mean N-Gain score of 0.51, indicating moderate improvement in students’ reading comprehension. Significant gains were observed in higher-order indicators, including inference-making, interpretation of implicit meaning, and evaluation of contextual information aligned with TIMSS cognitive demands.

Novelty/Originality of this study: This study integrates the K-W-L metacognitive strategy systematically within Flash-based interactive media to support analytical reading skills aligned with international assessment competencies. Unlike prior studies focusing solely on strategy use or media feasibility, this research bridges digital instructional design, structured reading strategy, and global literacy challenges in secondary education.

Pesugihan as a Cultural Belief System in Contemporary Indonesian Drama

2026-02-27T11:30:03+07:00

Purpose of the study: This study aims to examine the cultural representation of pesugihan in the drama script Pesugihan Nayan Tula by Afrion using a literary anthropology approach to reveal embedded cultural values, belief systems, and socio-cultural structures reflected in the narrative

Methodology: This study employed a qualitative descriptive method using a literary anthropology approach. The primary data source was the 2016 published drama script by Laboratorium Sastra Medan. Data were collected through documentation techniques and analyzed using cultural category frameworks based on Koentjaraningrat’s anthropological theory and Ratna’s literary anthropology perspective.

Main Findings: The findings reveal that pesugihan is represented as a cultural belief system rooted in animism, ritual practices, myth, and social structure. The script portrays traditional systems including religious beliefs, ritual offerings, supernatural agreements, and socio-cultural conflicts reflecting moral deviation and community value transformation.

Novelty/Originality of this study: This study offers a focused literary anthropology analysis on pesugihan within modern Indonesian drama, integrating classical anthropological theory with contemporary literary text analysis. It advances cultural-literary studies by contextualizing mystical economic practices as structured cultural phenomena within dramatic narrative discourse.

Ethnolinguistic Encoding of Cosmology and Social Hierarchy in Sundanese Life-Cycle Ritual Discourse

2026-02-27T11:29:59+07:00

Purpose of the study: This study aims to describe and analyze the linguistic forms, ritual lexicons, and cultural meanings embedded in Sundanese life-cycle ceremonies using an ethnolinguistic approach to reveal how language reflects cultural concepts, belief systems, and social structures.

Methodology: This study employed a qualitative descriptive design with an ethnolinguistic framework. Data were collected through participant observation, semi-structured interviews, documentation study, audio recording, and field notes. Purposive sampling was applied. Data were analyzed using lexical classification, semantic analysis, pragmatic analysis, cultural interpretation, and triangulation techniques.

Main Findings: The findings reveal that Sundanese life-cycle rituals contain structured ritual lexicons across pregnancy, birth, childhood, marriage, and death phases. These lexicons function as symbolic-cultural representations encoding cosmology, agrarian metaphors, religious syncretism, and social hierarchy through undak usuk basa. Ritual language operates as a semiotic system preserving collective memory and worldview.

Novelty/Originality of this study: This study offers a comprehensive ethnolinguistic mapping of Sundanese life-cycle ritual lexicons by integrating semantic, pragmatic, and cultural analyses in one framework. It advances knowledge by demonstrating how ritual language systematically encodes cosmology, social hierarchy, and ecological cognition within contemporary cultural contexts.

Where Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Meets Fieldwork: Engaging Luganda Learners Through Socio-Cultural Expressions

2026-05-08T10:54:19+07:00

Purpose of the study: This study examined whether simple fieldwork data-collection tools could improve Senior Six students’ engagement when learning socio-cultural expressions in Luganda.

Methodology: A five-week pilot cluster experiment was conducted in three rural Ugandan advanced-level schools. Six intact Luganda classes were assigned by stream to a fieldwork-tool condition or a comparison condition. Data came from an engagement scale, classroom observations, project scores, journals, teacher logs, and student interviews.

Main Findings: Students who used interview guides, proverb logs, observation forms, reflective journals, and presentation planners showed stronger engagement than students taught mainly through teacher explanation, board notes, and textbook discussion. The largest gains were seen in participation, task completion, project talk, and the ability to connect classroom texts with community meanings.

Novelty/Originality of this study: The study shows how low-cost, relationship-centred fieldwork routines can turn Luganda socio-cultural content from memorised knowledge into inquiry. It contributes a practical model for using community knowledge ethically in local-language classrooms without relying on expensive technology.

Intercultural Reflection Journals as a Pedagogical Tool: Enhancing Cultural Awareness in Academic Speaking Classes

2026-05-15T13:54:37+07:00

Purpose of the study: This study examines how intercultural reflection journals can support the development of students’ intercultural awareness in academic speaking classes.

Methodology: Using an Ethnographic Classroom Study design, the research involved 18 EFL students at a private university. Data were gathered from intercultural reflection journals, classroom observations, audio recordings, and semi-structured interviews, then examined through thematic analysis using coding, categorisation, and theme development.

Main Findings: The findings show that intercultural awareness develops gradually, moving from surface awareness toward deeper reflection. This process is shaped by classroom interaction and moments of tension, including discomfort and ambiguity.

Novelty/Originality of this study: The development is neither linear nor uniform across students. The study suggests that intercultural reflection journals are most effective when embedded in pedagogical practices that encourage dialogue, critical reflection, and meaning negotiation.

The Correlation Between Students‟ Linguistic Intelligence and Their English Speaking Skill Achievement

2026-05-15T22:26:47+07:00

Purpose of the study: This study aims to identify whether there is a significant correlation between students’ linguistic intelligence and their English speaking skill achievement among fourth semester students of the English Education Department, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teachers Training, State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta.

Methodology: This study used correlational research with library research and field research methods. The population consisted of fourth semester students of the English Education Department academic year 2009. Data were collected through linguistic intelligence tests and English speaking achievement scores. Data analysis used Product Moment Correlation formula to determine the relationship between variables.

Main Findings: The result showed that the correlation coefficient between students’ linguistic intelligence and their English speaking skill achievement was 0.042, which belongs to a very low correlation level. It indicates that there was no significant correlation between students’ linguistic intelligence and their English speaking skill achievement in this study.

Novelty/Originality of this study: This study provides a specific analysis of the relationship between linguistic intelligence based on Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory and English speaking achievement in higher education students. It contributes new insight that linguistic intelligence cannot be simply measured through academic potential tests and may not directly determine speaking performance

Javanese Speech Levels and Language Politeness Among First-Grade Elementary Students: A Sociolinguistic Study

2026-05-16T00:40:18+07:00

Purpose of the study: This study aims to describe the use of Javanese speech levels by first-grade students at Public Elementary School 2 Trnten, Candimulyo, Magelang, including the types of speech levels used, the factors influencing their use, and the communicative functions reflected in daily school interactions.

Methodology: This study employed a descriptive qualitative method. The subjects were 16 first-grade students of Public Elementary School 2 Trenten, Candimulyo, Magelang. Data were collected through observation, interviews, field notes, recording using a recorder, and note-taking techniques. Data analysis used descriptive analysis with semantic validity and intra-rater reliability.

Main Findings: The findings showed four types of Javanese speech levels used by students: ngoko lugu, ngoko alus, krama lugu, and krama alus. The use of speech levels was influenced by interpersonal formality, place and situation, communicative purpose, and social norms. Their functions reflected intimacy in ngoko and respect in krama interactions.

Novelty/Originality of this study: This study specifically examines Javanese speech level usage among first-grade elementary students in natural school interactions, highlighting early language politeness development. It contributes to sociolinguistic studies by showing how children apply unggah-ungguh basa Jawa in real educational contexts and social communication practices