Developing Critical Literacy Practices using Speaking Tasks of Tertiary Level Students

Novia Trisanti

2017

Abstract

Teaching English as a second language means that all skills from listening, reading, writing and speaking are scoped. When a teacher focuses on reading, students need to learn how to analyse wide range of reading texts as it is seen as response to the social construction of one’s peers, culture, communities and world (Lesley, 2004). This study suggests that lecturers can actively incorporate critical literacy practices into speaking task as it can generate more meaningful learning experiences among their learners and encourages students to use their voices and life experiences as valid sources (Hass-Dyson, 2001 as cited by Kaur and Shidu, 2014). Using a qualitative paradigm, the subjects of the study were the 3rd semester students of English Department at Universitas Negeri Semarang. The questionnaire was given to investigate students’ attitude in critical literacy practices which were varied using current texts from various sources. The steps of critical instructions were structured from asking the students to search information or texts, asking them to comprehend and report the content of the texts. The findings showed that the tertiary level students were accustomed to reading texts and commenting critically when they had the speaking tasks. Their critical opinion contains wide range of vocabulary and grammatical awareness.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Trisanti N. (2017). Developing Critical Literacy Practices using Speaking Tasks of Tertiary Level Students.In The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE, ISBN 978-989-758-332-2, pages 309-312. DOI: 10.5220/0007166503090312

in Bibtex Style

@conference{conaplin and icollite17,
author={Novia Trisanti},
title={Developing Critical Literacy Practices using Speaking Tasks of Tertiary Level Students},
booktitle={The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE,},
year={2017},
pages={309-312},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007166503090312},
isbn={978-989-758-332-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE,
TI - Developing Critical Literacy Practices using Speaking Tasks of Tertiary Level Students
SN - 978-989-758-332-2
AU - Trisanti N.
PY - 2017
SP - 309
EP - 312
DO - 10.5220/0007166503090312