The Effectiveness of Pamanpintermu E-reading Program on EFL Learners' Reading Performances

摘要

This study investigated the effectiveness of using Pamanpintermu e-reading program on English Foreign Language Learners' (EFLL) reading performances. The participants were 64 first-year senior high school students who belonged to intermediate level of English that one exemplary public senior high school in Gresik, Indonesia. During the semester experiment, students read the texts, wrote vocabulary survey tasks, inputted their timed reading, and answered reading comprehension exercises from the Pamanpintermu e-reading program. The result of t-tests revealed significant difference between the students who were taught using Pamanpintermu e-reading program and those that were taught using traditional reading regarding its rate, vocabulary, and comprehension but it was no significant difference about their reading error. However, the qualitative data furnished several insights why Pamanpintermu e-reading program make a difference. Suggestions to improve the forthcoming e-reading program can serve as a model to incorporate between mobile e-reading applications and EFL curriculum is worth contributing.