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Talking story: eBooks to improve reading comprehension skills / Basitah Amirah and Aminabibi Saidalvi

This study developed a set of e-books to enhance reading comprehension skills among Form Four and Five students in one of the secondary schools in Sarawak, Malaysia. The set of eBooks entitled 'Talking Story' was designed using the 21st Century teaching and learning techniques, in which in...

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Main Authors: -, Basitah Amirah, Saidalvi, Aminabibi
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Published: Academy of Language Studies 2023
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PN Literature (General)
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spelling my.uitm.ir.820772023-09-27T00:09:37Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/82077/ Talking story: eBooks to improve reading comprehension skills / Basitah Amirah and Aminabibi Saidalvi -, Basitah Amirah Saidalvi, Aminabibi PN Literature (General) This study developed a set of e-books to enhance reading comprehension skills among Form Four and Five students in one of the secondary schools in Sarawak, Malaysia. The set of eBooks entitled 'Talking Story' was designed using the 21st Century teaching and learning techniques, in which interactivity and animation were incorporated to attract students' interest and enhance their reading comprehension skills. The e-books aimed to instil the love of reading in students. A total of twenty-eight participants, eight males and twenty females, were selected using simple random cluster sampling by the English language coordinator of the school. Prior to collecting data, a need analysis was carried out to identify the features of a good e-book that will interest the students. Using a quantitative research approach, a set of questionnaires was distributed to the students after using the e-book and data was analysed descriptively. It was found that all the students strongly agreed using the Talking Story e-book enhanced their interest in reading and were more ready to attempt reading comprehension questions in their SPM English paper. The implication of the findings will encourage students and teachers to use interactive materials like Talking Story e-book in enhancing reading comprehension skills. Future studies are encouraged to develop eBook materials to improve reading comprehension skills. Academy of Language Studies 2023 Book Section NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/82077/1/82077.pdf Talking story: eBooks to improve reading comprehension skills / Basitah Amirah and Aminabibi Saidalvi. (2023) In: International Conference of Research on Language Education 2023: “Embracing Change: Emancipating the Landscape of Research in Linguistics, Language and Literature”. Academy of Language Studies, Alor Gajah, Melaka, pp. 259-271. ISBN 978-967-2072-43-0 (Submitted) https://irole-uitm.com/
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Talking story: eBooks to improve reading comprehension skills / Basitah Amirah and Aminabibi Saidalvi
description This study developed a set of e-books to enhance reading comprehension skills among Form Four and Five students in one of the secondary schools in Sarawak, Malaysia. The set of eBooks entitled 'Talking Story' was designed using the 21st Century teaching and learning techniques, in which interactivity and animation were incorporated to attract students' interest and enhance their reading comprehension skills. The e-books aimed to instil the love of reading in students. A total of twenty-eight participants, eight males and twenty females, were selected using simple random cluster sampling by the English language coordinator of the school. Prior to collecting data, a need analysis was carried out to identify the features of a good e-book that will interest the students. Using a quantitative research approach, a set of questionnaires was distributed to the students after using the e-book and data was analysed descriptively. It was found that all the students strongly agreed using the Talking Story e-book enhanced their interest in reading and were more ready to attempt reading comprehension questions in their SPM English paper. The implication of the findings will encourage students and teachers to use interactive materials like Talking Story e-book in enhancing reading comprehension skills. Future studies are encouraged to develop eBook materials to improve reading comprehension skills.
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title Talking story: eBooks to improve reading comprehension skills / Basitah Amirah and Aminabibi Saidalvi
title_short Talking story: eBooks to improve reading comprehension skills / Basitah Amirah and Aminabibi Saidalvi
title_full Talking story: eBooks to improve reading comprehension skills / Basitah Amirah and Aminabibi Saidalvi
title_fullStr Talking story: eBooks to improve reading comprehension skills / Basitah Amirah and Aminabibi Saidalvi
title_full_unstemmed Talking story: eBooks to improve reading comprehension skills / Basitah Amirah and Aminabibi Saidalvi
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publisher Academy of Language Studies
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