ONLINE ENGLISH COMICS AS READING MATERIALS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STUDENTS
Abstract
Online English comic is one of reading material that can be used by students. Students should be triggered by interesting and understandable reading material in order to increase their reading motivation and English proficiency. The objective of this study is to discuss the benefits of online English comics as reading materials and to discover the applications and websites that usually used by students to read English comics. The participants of this study were four ELED students in one private university in Yogyakarta. This study applied the descriptive qualitative study supported by Interview as a data gathering technique. The results of this study showed benefits of online English comics as reading materials. Those are adding language knowledge such as vocabulary and grammar, enhancing reading comprehension, building critical thinking, increasing creativity, and developing reading motivation. The second finding is about the applications and websites to read English comics that students prefer to read. There are some applications and websites that usually used by students to read English comics. The applications which are Webtoon and Ciayo comic and also the websites include Mangakakalot.com, Mangareaderapp.com, Mangazuki.info, and Mangapanda.com.
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