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This book is designed to enhance students’ academic listening skills through engaging and thought-provoking topics that connect language learning with real-world knowledge. Divided into four thematic chapters—Healthy Lifestyles, Psychological Secrets, Environmental Challenges, and Economic Issues—each unit integrates authentic listening materials sourced from TED-Ed, providing learners with exposure to natural spoken English and meaningful content. Each chapter includes structured activities that guide students through the stages of listening: pre-listening, while-listening, and post-listening. The pre-listening section activates students’ background knowledge and prepares them for comprehension. While-listening tasks encourage focused listening through exercises such as gap-filling, true/false statements, and multiple-choice questions. Post-listening activities foster higher-order thinking through summarizing, paraphrasing, and critical discussion. In addition, each unit features a targeted grammar focus that relates directly to the listening content, helping students reinforce important language structures in context. A glossary at the end of the book supports vocabulary development and comprehension. This book promotes integrated language skills, critical thinking, and learner autonomy. It is intended for intermediate to upper-intermediate learners in higher education who aim to develop their listening proficiency for academic and real-world communication. By the end of the course, students will be better equipped to understand complex spoken English and to articulate their thoughts with greater clarity and confidence.

LETS: Local Wisdom-Based English Teaching Strategies presents a contextual and inquiry-oriented framework for transforming English literacy learning in higher education. Responding to the persistent challenges of decontextualized reading instruction, this book demonstrates how local wisdom can become an epistemic and cognitive resource that strengthens comprehension, engagement, and higher-order thinking rather than serving merely as cultural enrichment. Grounded in classroom-based inquiry and Design-Based Research conducted in an Indonesian EFL context, the LETS Framework integrates local wisdom, Problem-Based Learning, collaborative inquiry, and reflective literacy practices into a coherent pedagogical model. Through this integration, reading is redefined as a meaningful process of investigation, interpretation, and knowledge construction that connects global academic literacy with learners’ cultural identities and lived experiences. The book presents the theoretical foundations, conceptual framework, instructional design, classroom implementation, and empirical evidence supporting LETS. It also offers practical guidance for developing contextual reading materials, inquiry-oriented literacy activities, reflective assessment, and culturally responsive teaching practices that foster meaningful and equitable learning environments. Written for lecturers, teachers, curriculum developers, researchers, and graduate students, this monograph contributes to contemporary discussions on contextual EFL pedagogy by demonstrating that meaningful English literacy emerges when global learning is connected to local knowledge, culture, and authentic educational experiences.

Reading is no longer simply about understanding words on a page. In today's academic and information-rich world, university students need to analyze ideas, evaluate evidence, solve problems, and connect what they read with real-life situations. Reading Skills for University Students: Integrating Local Wisdom and Problem-Based Learning is designed to support first-year university students in developing these essential reading competencies through meaningful, contextual, and engaging learning experiences. A distinctive feature of this book is the integration of Majalengka's local wisdom into authentic reading materials. Local legends, culinary heritage, tourism, agriculture, environmental issues, and community life become meaningful contexts through which students develop English reading skills while strengthening their appreciation of local culture. Supported by the principles of Problem-Based Learning, students are encouraged not only to understand texts but also to analyze issues, collaborate with peers, and propose evidence-based solutions to authentic local challenges. Ideal for Reading Comprehension courses in higher education, this book serves as both an instructional resource and a bridge between language learning, critical literacy, and responsible citizenship, preparing students to become thoughtful readers and lifelong learners.

Arus globalisasi dan perkembangan teknologi digital telah membuka ruang tanpa batas bagi masuknya berbagai budaya asing ke dalam kehidupan anak-anak Indonesia. Di balik kemudahan akses informasi dan peluang belajar yang semakin luas, tersimpan tantangan besar terhadap pembentukan karakter generasi muda, khususnya siswa sekolah dasar yang masih berada pada fase penting perkembangan moral, sosial, dan kepribadian. Buku Masuknya Budaya Asing dalam Membentuk Karakter Siswa mengupas secara komprehensif dinamika tersebut melalui perspektif pendidikan, psikologi perkembangan, budaya, dan pembelajaran. Pembahasan diawali dengan analisis mengenai budaya digital, perilaku imitasi anak terhadap konten media sosial, serta dampaknya terhadap karakter, kesantunan berbahasa, dan perkembangan moral peserta didik. Selanjutnya, buku ini mengulas berbagai strategi penguatan karakter melalui peran guru sebagai teladan, implementasi Profil Pelajar Pancasila, digital parenting, internalisasi kearifan lokal, sinergi sekolah dan keluarga, pendidikan karakter religius, serta penumbuhan nasionalisme di tengah fenomena borderless world. Tidak berhenti pada identifikasi persoalan, buku ini juga menawarkan berbagai strategi praktis yang dapat diterapkan oleh guru, orang tua, sekolah, dan masyarakat dalam membangun ketahanan karakter anak terhadap derasnya pengaruh budaya asing. Berbagai contoh implementasi pendidikan karakter dipadukan dengan kajian teoritis yang relevan sehingga menghasilkan pembahasan yang sistematis, kontekstual, dan aplikatif. Buku ini hadir sebagai referensi bagi mahasiswa, calon guru, pendidik, dosen, peneliti, pemerhati pendidikan, serta orang tua yang memiliki kepedulian terhadap masa depan generasi bangsa. Melalui pemahaman yang utuh mengenai hubungan antara globalisasi, budaya digital, dan pendidikan karakter, pembaca diajak untuk membangun ekosistem pendidikan yang mampu memanfaatkan kemajuan teknologi secara bijaksana tanpa kehilangan identitas budaya, nilai-nilai Pancasila, dan karakter luhur bangsa Indonesia. Buku ini menjadi ikhtiar akademik untuk meneguhkan bahwa pendidikan karakter merupakan fondasi utama dalam mempersiapkan generasi yang cerdas, berintegritas, adaptif, dan tetap berakar kuat pada nilai-nilai kebangsaan.