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The true challenge in academic setting is how to transform values and guide students’ mind growth with no excessive words. Thus, edusemiotics plays vital role and becomes a dominant in teaching and learning communication. Edusemiotics represents a new conceptual framework of theoretical study and the empirical one. This study aims at exploring how English Education Department students of 2017 A class STKIP PGRI Jombang elaborate ideas in interpreting signs on the picture to reflect their critical thinking ability. The data were taken from 10 students based on convenient sampling. This research performed qualitative method with a case study as research approach. Those students were in Extensive Reading class and asked to freely interpret the picture in accordance with their background of knowledge. There are three important findings; (1) students’ chosen picture, (2) students’ reading habit and personal experiences regarding with extensive reading, and (3) students’ critical thinking measurement and level. The result shows that 7 of students’ critical thinking level are in developing level while the 3 of students are in mastering level. Most of them basically have the reading habit before getting Extensive Reading program and it increases afterwards. The critical thinking ability is shown from how they elaborate ideas in interpreting sequence of signs on the picture and how they understand the values within.


Keywords: critical thinking; extensive reading; social semiotic; multimodality; edusemiotics

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Eni Faridah, STKIP PGRI Jombang, East Java, Indonesia

Eni Faridah is a Bachelor of Education from STKIP PGRI Jombang who graduated in April 2021. She has been being an EFL teacher for 5 years. She is currently preparing herself to pursue master’s degree. In addition, she has done conducting research collaboration with the student of SMS Varanasi India. The other scientific work of hers has been announced as one of the best manuscripts of International Book Writing Competition by Syiah Kuala University Press and it will be published soon. Above all, her research interests are all about English Language Teaching, Literature and Linguistic.

Rukminingsih, STKIP PGRI Jombang, East Java, Indonesia

Rukminingsih is a lecturer of English Education Program of STKIP PGRI Jombang, Indonesia. At the present time, she is studying in English Education Doctoral Degree Program of Universitas Negeri Semaramg (UNNES). Her research interest is Language and Brain; Language with Technology and English Language Teaching.  She has conducted some studies on them. Her ID Scopus is 57204942758.

How to Cite
Faridah, E., & Rukminingsih. (2021). Encouraging Critical Thinking Ability through Signs in Extensive Reading Class: Edusemiotics. ELITE JOURNAL, 3(2), 85-104. Retrieved from https://elitejournal.org/index.php/ELITE/article/view/56

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