MAJIME: A Learning Media for Japanese Reading Comprehension

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210120.155How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Effectiveness, Android Application, Japanese Reading Comprehension, Digital books

Abstract

MAJIME is an application provider of digital books about children’s fairy tales in Japan. The research determines the effectiveness of MAJIME (Mari Rajin Membaca/Let’s Read Eagerly) teaching media to improve students’ understanding of Japanese texts. This application is implemented in the extracurricular program at SMAN 7 Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The study employed an experimental method in which data obtained from pretest and posttest results. Data were carried out in the control and experimental class. This research also used non-test data in questionnaires to determine the participant’s responses to the MAJIME application. The alternative hypothesis used that reads Ha was accepted. H0 rejected if t-test> t-value and normalized gain1> normalized gain2 in this study was proven. The t-test obtained was 3.175, highest than the set value of 2,119, and the experimental class gain obtained by 0.07 was higher than the control class gain of 0.56. In conclusion, MAJIME as teaching media was effective in improving student’s understanding of reading Japanese texts.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Azizia Freda Savana
AU  - Annisa Shofaya Rizki Pradana
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/01/21
TI  - MAJIME: A Learning Media for Japanese Reading Comprehension
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Innovation 2020–Social, Humanity, and Education (ICoSIHESS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 419
EP  - 426
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210120.155
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210120.155
ID  - Savana2021
ER  -