READING DIGITAL TEXT AS A NEW LITERACY IN ELT: TEACHERS' PERCEPTION & PRACTICES

Abstract

Technological developments in the 21st-century impacted teaching and learning English. one of the impacts of this technological development is reading activities and competencies, reading experienced a phase of change from printed text to digital text. The change from Printed text to digital text requires new literacies, such as locating information and synthesizing online information. This study aims to investigate teachers' perceptions of reading digital texts in ELT. About twenty-three ELT teachers, both in junior and senior high schools around East Java, were involved in this study. An online open questionnaire was distributed to portray ELT teachers' attitudes, knowledge, and practices in reading digital text. The study reveals that all teachers have a positive attitude toward the practice of reading digital text. However, most teachers have misconceptions about knowledge and practice in implementing reading digital text activities. Surprisingly, all teachers in this study claimed that they never received a particular workshop to read digital text activities for English class. Hopefully, this study's result could contribute to the ELT curriculum in responding to the need to facilitate the new literacy in (online) reading and teacher professional development to develop teachers' reading digital text competencies. However, teachers as facilitators in classroom learning activities must recognize new literacy in online reading (especially reading digital text) to help students achieve reading competence in today's digital-based information era.

Teachers’ Perceptions and Challenges in Integrating Technology in English Reading Course: A Systematic Research Review

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Pelatihan Strategi Peningkatan Literasi Membaca Teks Digital (Reading Digital Text)

“…Selain itu, studi tersebut menunjukkan perlunya pelatihan keterampilan literasi membaca teks digital sehubungan dengan pengembangan keterampilan literasi membaca secara konvensional. Penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Laeli et al (2020) tentang pemahaman dan persepsi Guru -Guru Bahasa Inggris di Jawa Timur tentang Literasi membaca teks digital menunjukkan bahwa para guru masih memiliki miskonsepsi tentang pengetahuan dan praktik pembelajaran kegiatan literasi membaca teks digital. Terlebih lagi, para guru tersebut menyampaikan bahwa mereka belum pernah mendapatkan pelatihan khusus tentang strategi untuk penguatan literasi membaca teks digital.…”

EFL Pre-service Teachers' Online Reading Strategy Use and their Insight into Teaching Reading

“…Practical online training in new reading strategies not only assists readers in overcoming challenges in reading digital texts but also improves their performance in reading materials in an electronic medium (Li, 2020). Regrettably, not all teachers prioritize the teaching of nuances of online texts and online reading strategies (Laeli et al, 2020;Li, 2020). Also, instructors may assist their students in improving their online reading fluency and comprehension by recognizing the unique challenges of online reading and ensuring adequate strategy instruction and digital-reading practices (Brun-mercer, 2019).…”