scholarly journals Graphic organizers as a teaching strategy for improved comprehension of argumentative texts in English

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Miguel Vargas Vásquez ◽  
Randolph Zúñiga Coudin
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Graphic Organizers ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Discourse Markers ◽  
Gradual Improvement ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Explicit Discourse ◽  
Explanatory Sequential Design ◽  
Argumentative Texts

The University of Costa Rica seeks to prepare students for understanding academic texts in English by requiring reading comprehension courses in numerous degree programs. In this context, this paper aimed to assess the effectiveness of graphic organizers as a strategy to promote reading comprehension by focusing on the identification of rhetorical functions in argumentative texts. The paper followed an explanatory-sequential design within a mixed-methods approach with a group of 20 students at the Western Branch of UCR. To apply the strategy, three argumentative texts and their corresponding graphic organizers were used. The data consisted of performance scores and of answers to questionnaires. After the cycle of applications, the results showed a gradual improvement in the identification of rhetorical functions, particularly of arguments and counterarguments. Support for the author’s arguments, rebuttals to counterarguments, and the author’s overall claim were slightly more difficult to identify. The participants found graphic organizers helpful to better understand the parts of an argument in a text and its overall organization. At the same time, they found that the lack of explicit discourse markers and of familiarity with the content made understanding the connections between rhetorical functions difficult in spite of the help provided by the organizers. The study concluded that repeated implementation of graphic organizers has a positive impact on reading comprehension by helping students to read more strategically. However, accompanying strategies such as summarizing and discriminating main ideas from supporting details are necessary to complement the work with graphic organizers and improve their effectiveness.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTING QUESTION-ANSWER RELATIONSHIPS (QAR) STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION SKILL

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Fuad Abdul Baqi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Comprehension Skill ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
High Level

<p>This action research was conducted to highlight how far the improvement of students’ reading comprehension skill after being treated by implementing QAR strategy and to find out the advantages when QAR is implemented in teaching reading comprehension. The research was organized at SMA Negeri 1 Rangkasbitung, Lebak - Banten. The subject of the research was the eleventh grade students, class IPS<sup>3</sup>. The design of it was an action research by covering three cycles, and every cycle consists of five meetings. Planning, acting, observing, and reflecting were implemented in every cycle to get a clear data. The research applied two sorts of data collecting: qualitative and quantitative data. Observation, recording, and interview were conducted to obtain qualitative data, while the quantitative data was gained through test. The research finding reflected that implementing Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) Strategy can help students in comprehending the text while answering the questions. The students were able to categorize the questions as well to avoid spending too much time while finding the answer. The implementation of QAR Strategy in teaching-learning process was getting better cycle to cycle, the students were energetic, active, enthusiastic, and felt much more confident to take a part in reading learning activity eventually. It showed that teacher’s teaching strategy had positive impact to students’ reading comprehension, and could arouse students’ motivation and participation as well to learn which greatly influenced their reading comprehension skill. It is helpful for teacher as a framework for directing questioning activities and comprehension instruction in pre-, while-, and post-reading. Implementing QAR in reading comprehension can ensure that it does not only focus on lower-level skills and question but in high level as well and it can motivate students to think critically and creatively.  Considering QAR is helpful and beneficial for both teacher and students, the institution may implement QAR for any grades and school subjects in order to make students familiar with higher-level question. Therefore, it will be no longer difficult to comprehend the text for students who have been treated by implementing QAR.</p>

scholarly journals Explicit learning based on interactive pedagogical methods used for reading comprehension

2020 ◽  
Vol VI (2) ◽  
pp. 62-68
Author(s):  
Oana PREDA
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Discourse Markers ◽  
Explicit Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Text Understanding ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Global Representation ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills ◽  
Pedagogical Methods

Explicit learning based on interactive pedagogical methods used for reading comprehension. When choosing the pedagogical strategies meant to foster the formation and the development of reading comprehension skills it is essential to detect the roots and the specifics of dysfunctions in the cognitive processes and competences that might affect reading comprehension. The personalized and systematic use of interactive pedagogical methods has a positive impact on: enriching the pupils’ vocabulary with novel words and expressions; understanding the anaphoric reference items that feature in clauses and sentences; making lexical, causal and pragmatic inferences so as to understand clauses and sentences; acknowledging discourse markers; building a global representation of the text; employing meta-cognition while monitoring textual comprehension; accessing the significance of the text; understanding and using the text’s structure in order to critically interpret and assess the information read.

scholarly journals Impact of Graphic Organizers on Reading Comprehension of English Learners at Intermediate Level

sjesr ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 128-134
Author(s):  
Laraib Rahat ◽  
Ghani Rahman ◽  
Shahabullah
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Graphic Organizers ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Text Structure ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact

The present study deals with the impact of graphic organizers (GOs) on reading comprehension of intermediate level English learners. The study specifically focused on the teaching of English drama through graphic organizers. The study also explored participants’ perceptions about using these graphic organizers. A quasi-experimental design was used in this study. Forty intermediate level students participated in this study. The twenty students of the experimental group received the GOs treatment, while the twenty participants of the control group were taught through the traditional method. A pre-test and post-test were conducted from both groups to test the impact of participants’ reading comprehension with five weeks’ treatment. The collected data were analyzed through a t-test. A significant difference was observed in the mean score of both groups and results revealed that the use of GOs had a positive impact on the comprehension of the students. The semi-structured interviews analyzed qualitatively through themes and subthemes showed a positive perception towards the use of GOs. The graphic GOs could help in increasing reading comprehension as well in understanding the text structure with a positive perception of their use.

Text Comprehension: Graphic Organizers to the Rescue

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
Janet L. Proly ◽  
Jessica Rivers ◽  
Jamie Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Graphic Organizers ◽  
Expository Text ◽  
Supporting Evidence

Abstract Graphic organizers are a research based strategy used for facilitating the reading comprehension of expository text. This strategy will be defined and the evolution and supporting evidence for the use of graphic organizers will be discussed. Various types of graphic organizers and resources for SLPs and other educators will also be discussed.

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH RECIPROCAL TEACHING STRATEGY ON REPORT TEXT

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
Elisa Yulianti ◽  
Eko Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Reciprocal Learning ◽  
Know How ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Reciprocal Method ◽  
Report Text

The objectives of this research is to know how to use of reciprocal methods to teaching reading comprehension of the senior high school in second grade. The purpose of the research is to help students’ to cope the difficulties in reading report text, because there are still many students who find it difficult to read English and the lack of reading comprehension of students in class XI Animation of SMK TI Garuda Nusantara Cimahi with the aim of (1) how to implement the Reciprocal Learning method in increasing students' reading comprehension (2) whether there is an increase in student scores after using the Reciprocal Learning method.  The author uses the reciprocal method to increase the ability of students to read comprehension. This research is quantitative by using experimental research methods. After conducting the research obtained the data pre-test (80) and post-test (95). Based on these data, it can be concluded that the use of reciprocal methods in the report text material can improve reading comprehension in students of class XI Animation 2 Vocational School of TI Garuda Nusantara Cimahi.

scholarly journals IMRPOVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH RECIPROCAL TEACHING STRATEGY ON NARRATIVE TEXT

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Santi Nurdianti ◽  
Resti Rosita ◽  
Odo Fadloeli
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Reciprocal Teaching ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Grade Student ◽  
9Th Grade ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Ninth Grade Student ◽  
The Mean

This study is a CAR. The objective of this study is improve reading comprehension through reciprocal teaching strategy for the ninth grade student. The researcher answered 2 problem questions of research 1) can the use of reciprocal teaching strategy improve the students’ reading comprehension in the 9th grade of MTs At-Taqwa Cihampelas? 2) How far does the use of reciprocal teaching strategy improve the 9th of MTs AT-Taqwa? Design of the research was CAR. It was conducted in 2 cycles. The teacher analyzed the students’ reading comprehension in each cycle. The results showed that (1) the use of reciprocal teaching strategy can enhance students reading comprehension step by step from cycle 1 and 2. It is proved with the students score, the mean score pretest in cycle I 52.57 and the mean of the posttest in cycle I 63.14.The mean of the post-test in cycle II 71.71.the last cycle means score was categorized as good. The improvements in students understanding indicates that reciprocal teaching strategy is effective and applicable when deals with the students’ problem in reading narrative text.Keywords: Reciprocal teaching, reading comprehension, narrative text.

scholarly journals ‘STORY PYRAMID’: AN INOVATION OF ENGLISH TEACHING STRATEGY IN PROMOTING STUDENTS’ READING SKILL

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-103
Author(s):  
Eulis Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Research Finding ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
English Text ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Some problems are faced by students in reading of English text. The interesting strategy is needed to teach them. Story Pyramid Strategyis one of strategies to teach reading comprehension. This strategy forces students to review and summarize the main points of a story. The research aimed at knowing the effectiveness of using story pyramid strategy in teaching  narrative text toward students’ reading comprehension was conducted in SMAN 1 Serang. The research design of this reseacrh was quasi experimental research with quantitative approach. The  research  finding  showed  that  Story Pyramid  Strategy  is  effective in  teaching  narrative  text  toward  students’ reading comprehension to Senior High School.

scholarly journals APPLYING RASCH MODEL TO MEASURE STUDENTS` READING COMPREHENSION

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-209
Author(s):  
Dinar Pratama ◽  
Ihda Husnayaini
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Rasch Model ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Test Items ◽  
A Value ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Alternative Responses ◽  
Reading Comprehension Ability ◽  
English Subject

There have been studies suggesting that students' reading comprehension in English subject is influenced by the accuracy of teaching strategy use. The use of appropriate teaching strategies is required to accommodate the diversity of students' abilities. Therefore, measurements are needed to provide actual information about students' abilities. This study aims to examine the levels of students' reading comprehension by using RASCH model. The subjects of this study were8th grade students, totaling 200 responses on the teacher's reading comprehension test with five alternative responses. The data analysis used was the Rasch 1 parameter model consisting of person reliability, item-person distribution maps, and item-person suitability. The findings of this study indicated that the average reading comprehension ability of students was included in the high category with a value (Meanperson) of 1.29 logits above the average level of difficulty of the test items (Meanitem) of 0. Further research is expected to be conducted to prove whether the addition of test items affect the value of person reliability.

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