Book Reports Research Articles

The book report: building practical and theoretical knowledge

Disciplinary fundamentals are an essential part of nursing education. However, the current training framework provides few hours for teaching them. Writing a reading sheet to validate teaching unit 6.1 "Working methods" can be a pedagogical tool for reinforcing disciplinary knowledge and increasing the volume of hours dedicated specifically to learning nursing knowledge. The aim of this article is to share an example of how a reading sheet can be used to teach and promote nursing knowledge.

Pre-Service Teachers' Writing Accuracy and Fluency: The Role of Weekly Reading

The benefits of Extensive Reading (ER) have been extensively explored in the field of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), particularly in how this approach enhances writing skills. In Ecuador, writing represents one of the biggest challenges students face when acquiring language proficiency. Therefore, this study investigates the effects of weekly story reading (WSR) over an eight-week period on improving written accuracy and fluency among twenty-two EFL pre-service teachers at the Faculty of Education, Quevedo State Technical University, Ecuador. This action research employed a pre/post-test design to collect data before and after the pedagogical intervention. Written book reports were used as the pre- and post-test instruments to identify accuracy issues and measure words-per-minute (WPM) rates. The participants´ tokens of accuracy problems and WPM were quantitatively analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed, among the eight types of writing accuracy analyzed, the three most common errors made by students were punctuation, spelling, and syntax. Notably, they increased as more words were produced in writing. The findings indicate that weekly story reading assignments significantly improved writing fluency, with a mean difference of (M=5.24), and moderately reduced written accuracy problems. Extensive reading might magnify writing skills development among pre-service teachers in Ecuador or other contexts.

NOTE AND DOCUMENT

AbstractThis article revisits the year book report of Pilkington's Case (1455), a much‐used source of information about Lancastrian parliamentary procedure. It shows that our understanding of this case can be considerably improved by comparing the report with the original private act and plea roll record. Most importantly of all, the article demonstrates that Pilkington's Case concerned a dispute over the crown's ability to amend acts by altering the royal assenting formula.

THE REALITY OF MAKING LIBRARY AS A LEARNING RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS IN READING ENGLISH AT SMA NEGERI 1 LAHEWA IN 2023/2024

This study aimed to find out the student's views on the school library as a learning resource for reading English, the involvement of English teachers in making the school library as a learning resource for students to read English and the availability of school library collections can be used as a learning resource for students to read English. This study used a descriptive qualitative method with the research subjects being students, an English teacher, and the head of the library at SMA Negeri 1 Lahewa. Data were collected through observation, interview, and documentation techniques. Data analysis was conducted through the stages of data reduction, data display, and verification or conclusion. The results showed that students of SMA Negeri 1 Lahewa have not fully utilized the school library as an English learning resource. From the available data, only 37.83% of students have used the library as a learning resource, while the others (62.16%) have not optimally utilized the facility. The main obstacles identified were the inadequate library opening schedule and the limited collection of English books. The involvement of the English teacher in making the school library a learning resource for students in reading English at SMA Negeri 1 Lahewa has played a quiet role, providing explanations about the library, inviting students to visit the library to learn together, sharing knowledge, look for book references for assignments and inviting students to make reading book reports containing summaries of books. Then, the availability of book collections at SMA Negeri 1 Lahewa library did not provide enough for the learning needs of students in reading English. It is supported by students' statements during interviews that most of them found the difficultness to get the appropriate English books.

Transforming Financial Reporting to Improve Accountability through Transparency in the Education Sector

This study examines the implementation of ISAK 35 in financial reporting at SDI Tarbiyatul Ummah, highlighting its significance for transparency and accountability in educational institutions. Through qualitative methods including interviews, observations, and documentation, it was found that the institution only relied on monthly cash book reports, failing to meet ISAK 35 standards. By reconstructing financial statements according to ISAK 35 guidelines, the study demonstrates the importance of adherence to accounting standards for improved transparency and accountability. This research contributes to filling the knowledge gap regarding financial reporting practices in educational institutions and provides recommendations for enhancing financial management practices in line with ISAK 35. Highlights: 1. ISAK 35 ensures transparency in financial reporting.2. Qualitative methods reveal institutional practices.3. Reconstruction enhances transparency and accountability in financial management. Keywords: Financial Reporting, ISAK 35, Educational Institutions, Transparency, Accountability

Peranan Pengelolaan Keuangan Badan Usaha Milik Kampung dalam Meningkatkan Perekonomian Masyarakat Kampung Paya Kulbi

Village development must also be pursued in order to improve the economy towards the quality of life and welfare of the community. One way to accelerate the economic growth of the Village Community is to establish a Village-Owned Enterprise (BUMK). Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMK) have a very important financial management role in the form of Village Funds. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of Financial Management of Village-Owned Enterprises, factors that influence Village-Owned Enterprises and obstacles to Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMK) in improving the economy of Paya Kulbi Village, Karang Baru District. This research method uses a Descriptive Qualitative Approach Research type. Research data collected based on the results of observations, interviews and documentation. Data Analysis Tools used are Data Reduction, Data Presentation and Conclusion Drawing. The results of this study indicate that the financial management of the Baguna Village-Owned Business Entity goes through the Planning stage, which is carried out through the building planning deliberation meeting according to the Basic Budget. Implementation is carried out by making proposals until business activities run. Administration is carried out by writing and recording financial reports in the daily cash book. Financial reporting accountability is carried out twice a year. Supervision is carried out in the form of guidance from the District Office and Datok Penghulu

Impact of Extensive Reading Programs and Video Reports on English Speaking Skills

This study investigates the impact of extensive reading(ER) classes on students' speaking skills, focusing on fluency and accuracy. Results reveal a notable improvement in both aspects following students' participation in ER activities, including writing book reports and recording video reflections on their reading. The quantity of books read emerges as a key determinant of speaking fluency enhancement, and a positive association with speaking accuracy is observed as well, both exhibiting statistical robustness. Furthermore, an increase in the number of video report submissions correlates positively with improvements in overall speaking proficiency, such as accuracy, showing statistical significance; however, statistical significance is not achieved for fluency. Several pedagogical implications are presented and the limitations of the present study are addressed.

Analyzing the Impact of Book Reports on Reader Proficiency and Fluency in Extensive Reading Program

Analyzing the Impact of Book Reports on Reader Proficiency and Fluency in Extensive Reading Program

A closer look on Filipino ESL teachers’ best practices: A basis for a multiculturally responsive and eclectic teaching approach

English as a Second Language teaching in the Philippines has become popular worldwide, particularly among Asian students. This is a strong indicator that Filipino teachers are able to facilitate effective teaching-learning process amidst the presence of multilingualism and multiculturalism. Banking on this premise, this paper attempted to explore on the best practices of ESL teachers employ in promoting the macro skills among their culturally diverse students. To achieve this objective, a general qualitative inquiry design using a validated structured interview guide served as the primary data collection tool. The study had 8 Filipino ESL teachers who were purposively chosen following criteria set by the researcher. Results showed that the teachers purposely differentiate their approaches depending on the levels, cultural background, learning styles, and preferences of the students. Moreover, these approaches are generally aligned with the aim of scaffolding the students to improve their English language proficiency. Some of these include role-playing, essay writing, book reports, modeling, sentence diagramming, and the like. These results are congruent with the three approaches Martin (2014) claim namely Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), English for Specific Purposes (ESP), and Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT). From these findings, the researcher framed the significance of a multiculturally responsive and eclectic teaching approach. Multiculturalism is found to be a significant factor in the ESL classrooms as it can create an inclusive a classroom atmosphere which can promote successful acquisition and learning of the English language.

INFLUENCE OF ASSESSMENT METHODS ON STUDENTS’ ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH READING SKILLS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KENYA

This article examines assessment methods used when teaching English reading. The study sought to ascertain the most frequently used assessment methods in the teaching of English reading and the influence of assessment methods used on the acquisition of English reading skills in Kenya. This study employed a descriptive survey research design and involved form three students and 40 teachers of English language from 20 public secondary schools drawn from Teso North Sub-county. The sample size was obtained using stratified and simple random sampling techniques. Data was generated using questionnaires, interview schedules, and classroom observation schedules. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics involves the computation of frequencies, means, standard deviations, and percentages. Inferential statistics included pairwise correlation and logistic regression analysis. The results show that teachers frequently used comprehension tests, diagnostic reading, and Cloze test to assess learners’ acquisition of English reading skills. While oral presentation, timed reading, and book reports were the least used assessment methods. The study findings confirmed that there was a significant relationship between assessment methods used and the acquisition of English reading skills. The study concludes that teachers of English language should use effective assessment methods as provided in the syllabus. There is a need for teachers’ professional development in pedagogy as they require knowledge of effective assessment methods for English reading skills.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0759/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Controlling stock data collection and pricing in the inventory system

Abstract — Data collection regarding the activities and transactions of products entering and leaving a company is intimately linked to inventory management in businesses. CV. Amalia Buku, is an individual company located on Jl. Juminahan, Purwokinanti, Pakualaman, which operates in the field of book sales. Recording incoming and outgoing goods inventory on CV. Amalia Books are still done by writing them down in notebooks and this causes the notes to be lost or damaged. Based on these problems, this research designs and builds a mobile web-based book inventory system. This system was built using the RAD (Rapid Application Development) method and uses Laravel framework, while mobile with Android Studio whose programming language is Kotlin. The data processed in this system is incoming book data, outgoing book data, book stock data, and user data , who can collect data on stock reports, and incoming book reports and outgoing book reports. The results of this research produce a mobile web-based book inventory system that can be used by CVs. Amalia Books.

Model concepts to support the improvement of students' skills in learning tasks

This article aims to design a concept model that can support learning to improve students' ability in learning tasks to deal with problems that exist in the real world. Based on KKNI (Indonesian National Qualification Framework), there are six tasks in learning, namely routine tasks, critical book reports, critical journal reports, idea engineering (scientific or creative writing), mini research, and projects. Therefore, the learning process must be able to increase student learning motivation. In addition, it must also develop their competencies and skills to think critically, have high creativity, be able to work together in teams, be disciplined, be responsible, and be able to create frameworks and solve problems in life and the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a learning model that is in accordance with these objectives. In this case, it is a learning model designed to encourage students to learn and practice, so that they are skilled in responding to problems based on their experience in learning. The approach in this development research was carried out using the ADDIE model. The design concept of this development model is done by combining a project-based learning model with six tasks based on KKNI (Indonesian National Qualification Framework). The results of the design concept of this development model consist of seven syntax stages, namely: material explanation, material review and formulation of problem formulation, study and review of book and journal literature, idea engineering (scientific or creative writing), mini research, project design and implementation, and presentation and evaluation.

대학 글쓰기에서의 장르 인식에 근거한 서평 작성 교육 방안

This study aims to present an educational plan for writing a book review based on genre awareness. Drawing upon previous discussions, this study analyzed the problem of perception of book review and presented a book review education plan based on modern genre theory.
 After reviewing previous discussions on how to write a book review, this study found that there were many cases that proposed a book review method based on the comparison between a book report and a book review. However, by looking at the contents of the book reviews written by students, it was found that the distinctions between the instructor's book report and the book review were unclear.
 Accordingly, this study aimed to propose an educational plan for writing a book review based on genre awareness. It was designed to foster an understanding of the book review genre through individual and group activities, which included the following stages: “collecting samples of the genre,” “identifying the scene and describing the situation in which the genre is used,” “identifying and describing the genre’s features,” “analyzing what these patterns reveal about the situation and scene,” “understanding genre transformation patterns,” and “conceptualizing a summary of genre awareness.” Subsequently, as part of the genre-writing practice stage, this study proposed a procedural instructional model for writing a book review. This model includes the following stages: “drafting the book review,” “feedback regarding the book review,” “writing a final version of the book review,” and “reflecting on the process of writing the book review.” This study is significant in that it allows students to self-directedly write a book review based on their awareness of the genre, which is distinct from the familiar genre of book report. In addition, by presenting detailed procedures for genre awareness learning stages that have not been dealt with so far, this study can be evaluated as meaningful in that it allows students to develop a genre awareness of book review.

Book Reports

Book Reports

The Great Geographical Discoveries from the Perspective of Environmental History--A book report on The Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange, the masterpiece of the American historian Alfred W. Crosby, is honored as the founding text for researches on environmental history, in which the author Crosby explored an environmental-history perspective that was novel at the time, re-examining the historic events in the Age of the Great Geographical Discoveries including Christopher Columbus's discovery of the Americas and Europeans' colonization there, and interpreting the history by virtue of exchanges and transitions of the environment and the creatures therein. From the perspective of historical research, this ecological-history perspective represented at that time a pioneering research progress.

Additive extensive reading and syntactic development in second language writing: Analyses of syntactic complexity and sophistication in young EFL learners’ book reports

This study explores how input-driven activity through extensive reading leads to syntactic growth in young students’ written production. Twenty-six young students learning English as a foreign language participated in extensive reading as an additional activity after school for a month (ER group), and their syntactic development was inspected by analyzing 14 syntactic complexity and six syntactic sophistication indices in the students’ book reports written preceding and following the reading activity. This group’s performance in writing was compared with that of another group of students who did not participate in the reading activity (Comparison group). Results of analyses for syntactic complexity showed that the ER group significantly improved in the length of sentence, the number of clauses, the number of coordination, and the number of verb phrases. This group also improved in syntactic sophistication by using less frequent verbs and less frequent verb-construction combinations in writing after the reading activity. In contrast, the comparison group showed improvements only in the length of sentence. We discuss these findings and pedagogical implications in light of usage-based approaches to language learning.

MANAJEMEN SURAT MASUK, BUKU TAMU DAN DISPOSISI SURAT DENGAN APLIKASI E-OFFICE PADA BALAI TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI DAN KOMUNIKASI DINAS PENDIDIKAN PROVINSI MALUKU

An information system or e-office application is one of the applications developed with the aim of helping office administration management to be more effective and efficient. As one of the UPT (Technical Implementation Units) within the Maluku Provincial Government, the Education Information and Communication Technology Center develops e-office applications as a form of electronic data management. The system development method used in this study is the Waterfall Model and was developed using the Laravel Framework and MySQL database. This research was conducted with the aim of implementing an e-office application at the Tekkom Office of the Maluku Province Education Office with guest/visitor book features, incoming mail filing, letter disposition, guest/visitor book reports and incoming mail reports. With this application, office administration management such as guest book data and incoming mail can be managed electronically so that it becomes more effective and efficient.

Stanley’s Secret by John Sullivan

Reviewed by: Stanley’s Secret by John Sullivan Sarah Sahn Sullivan, John Stanley’s Secret; illus. by Zach Manbeck. Wiseman/Simon, 2023 [48p] Trade ed. ISBN 9781534487833 $18.99 E-book ed. ISBN 9781534487840 $10.99 Reviewed from digital galleys R 4-8 yrs Stanley is a quiet boy with a not-so-quiet dream: he wants to tap dance on a big stage. He’s too shy to tap dance in front of anyone except his pet mice, but he dances any time he gets some time alone. After school, he helps the janitor and then happily tap dances through the empty halls and classrooms, only for Principal Reynolds to see him and insist he sign up for the talent show. (“Talent should be shared,” she declares.) He’s cheered on by his friend Tom when he musters up the courage to dance for him, and Stanley’s first onstage performance is a happy accident—he goes to the auditorium to practice on the stage and doesn’t realize he’s arrived just in time for auditions until applause breaks out. Manbeck’s bright gouache and colored pencil illustrations are populated with a multicultural cast of children and teachers, but they center on brown-skinned Stanley, rendering his inner life with vibrant whimsy, whether he’s a tiny figure spotlit in front of an enormous blackboard while giving a book report or a tap-dancing dynamo trailing star as he leaps across the stage (and page). Stanley is a kindred spirit for shy, artistic kids everywhere, and his story of overcoming his stage fright to perform in the talent show hits just right, letting him come out of his shell to share his talent and speak up for himself without demanding he give up being a quiet boy who would rather play with his pets than go to a party. Copyright © 2022 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Philosophy for Spiders: On the Low Theory of Kathy Acker by McKenzie Wark

Reviewed by: Philosophy for Spiders: On the Low Theory of Kathy Acker by McKenzie Wark Blake Stricklin (bio) philosophy for spiders: on the low theory of kathy acker McKenzie Wark Duke University Press https://www.dukeupress.edu/philosophy-for-spiders 216 pages; Print, $21.95 Philosophy for Spiders: On the Low Theory of Kathy Acker, McKenzie Wark's new book on the late author, appears to break with the telegraphic intimacy of their published email correspondence, I'm Very into You (2015). In the first part of Philosophy for Spiders, Wark visits Acker in San Francisco, where they eat, ride a motorcycle, and fuck. Yet the book is not a literary biography like Chris Kraus's After Kathy Acker (2017). Wark instead aims for "a writing-and-reading between bodies rather than subjects." Philosophy for Spiders shows how bodies create concepts; or as Wark later explains: "the critical theory here is bottom theory." When Acker fucks Wark with one of her dildos, static gendered pronouns become inadequate to describe the experience. "He (her) fucks him (her) while her (him) fucks her (him)." The sex Wark remembers with Acker reads a lot like one of her own texts. As Acker tells Sylvère Lotringer, "in my world people don't even remember their names, they aren't sure of their sexuality, they aren't sure if they can define their genders." Wark takes this radical project seriously in Philosophy for Spiders, which she describes as a "revolution to unleash the generative, generous capacity of non-identity-for anyone and everyone." Her new book on Acker resists a complete portrait of the late author and her work. Yet any serious engagement with Acker will do just this, as it is the incompleteness of identity that makes her writing revolutionary. How should we read the I in Kathy Acker? In I Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac (1974), one I answers that she "means an unknown number of individuals," [End Page 86] where "each individual exists for a present duration and exemplifies one or more characters." Wark describes the I in Acker's work as an act of "selving," which creates "a philosophy not of subjectivity and its pet projects but of selves as things that happen to be wild in the world." The individual character we might expect to find in the (bourgeois) novel does not last long in an Acker text. At the end of Blood and Guts in High School (1984) Janey Smith dies, but "soon other Janeys are born, and these Janeys covered the Earth." When Janey begins to write her book report on The Scarlet Letter, she takes on the identity of Hester: "I, Hester, am a red house lost in the thickening mist." Hester is one of the Janeys, and the men who "own the language" note how the rebels in Blood and Guts "are all Janeys. They're all perverts, transsexuals, criminals, and women." Wark will later add that this act of "selving" is also a "philosophy for brutes: women, slaves, beasts … whose skill is threading words together as its own kind of more carnal love." In Acker's work, individual characters are not overly concerned with self-expression. A character in an Acker text instead speaks in a kind of collective enunciation that expresses selves over a self. As Wark reminds us, Acker appears more interested in "eyes rather than an I. The compound eyes of spiders." This is the first philosophy in the Acker-web. Acker, then, writes in what Deleuze and Guattari call a minor literature. She might say, with them, that what matters is not so much the "I" but that "we are no longer ourselves … we have been aided, inspired, multiplied." Such literature "selves" the subject in order to find this more collective expression. Wark too wants to "push [Acker] back in the direction of, in every sense, a minor literature," especially since her posthumous reception has made her more of a canonical figure. She specifically wants to see Acker as a writer of trans lit, and Wark concludes Philosophy for Spiders with a summary of the Trans | Acker symposium that she organized at The New School. Wark does not want to...

STUDENTS’ RESPONSES TO EXTENSIVE READING ACTIVITIES IN ONLINE CLASSROOM

This pandemic has forced Book Report classes which are based on Extensive Reading Principles to be conducted online. This condition makes lecturers and students unable to conduct activities that are designed predominantly for offline classes. Therefore, the writer had to make some adjustments to the online learning environment. This practice is not yet studied extensively, hence, this paper aims to find out students’ perceptions related to extensive reading practices and how the implementation helps them learn English by analyzing data from Google Form, interview results, and lecturer’s notes and observation. The participants of this study are twenty-six students from Book Report D. The results of this study show students’ positive perception towards all activities in the class (ranging from 40.7% to 66.7% for each activity) and 96.3% of students considered they have positive progress from the beginning until the end of the class. These results show, that despite the challenges, educators should still apply extensive reading practices in their classes considering the benefits students could get from doing so.Â