The Implementation of Critical Literacy Approach towards EFL College Students

Desak Made Yeni Wardani

doi:10.36663/joes.v1i1.152

Abstract

Literacy is a crucial aspect in English education that concerns the ability to read, write, then integrate and link what they have learned to daily life. However, several researchers found that there was a lack of literacy activity in Indonesia. Literacy pedagogy was rarely seen in campus life in which it was mostly applied at primary and secondary school levels. Therefore, this study explored the implementation process of critical literacy approach in learning English for EFL college students. An action research methodology was applied in this study involving six EFL college students. The study investigated the benefits and challenges of this teaching approach. The findings indicated that critical literacy approach could improve college students’ English proficiency and multiple skills, such as leadership, presentation, collaboration, self-contribution, respect, critical thinking, and expansion of multiple viewpoints through the discussion section. Improving English proficiency of college students and offering recommendations to EFL teachers for applying critical literacy approach in EFL class come as the expectation of the study.

Highlights

English has been widely spoken around the world and becomes an international language (Yuniari, 2018)
After practicing critical literacy approach towards college students by using considering multiple viewpoints in discussion section, this study showed that the implementation of critical literacy approach could indirectly improve English proficiency of EFL college students
Critical literacy approach was still uncommon to be implemented in Asia universities, including Indonesia

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Introduction

English has been widely spoken around the world and becomes an international language (Yuniari, 2018). It has an important role in several aspects of life such as global communication, business, diplomacy, education, and many more. In Indonesia, English has become one of required learning subjects from elementary to senior high school. Indonesian commonly start to be taught English from third grade in elementary school. Many people in Indonesia learn English as a foreign language. Two of four skills in English that should be mastered by its learners are reading and writing. Each of them has its difficulties and challenges to learn in the educational term. The ability to read and write is known as literacy

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