DEVELOPING ENGLISH READING MATERIALS FOR STUDENTS OF CERDAS MURNI ISLAMIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Author(s):  
Diah Ayu Nanda And Morada Tetty

This study aimed to develop English reading materials needed for students ofCerdas Murni Islamic Junior High School through Authentic Material Approach(AMA).The objective of this study was to develop relevant English readingmaterials to the needs of Cerdas Murni Islamic Junior High School studentsespecially eight grade . This study was conducted by Research and Development(R&D) design through six phases: 1) Collecting data, 2) Analyzing data, 3)Developing new materials, 4) Validating product 5) Revising materials, 6) finalproduct. The data of this research were from the existing materials, syllabus,students’ questionnaire, and the teachers’ interview. The result of this researchshowed that the existing materials were not suitable to the Islamic schoolstudents’ needs.. Therefore, new English reading materials were developedthrough Authentic Material Approach (AMA) principles in order to meet theIslamic students’ needs. Furthermore, developing English reading materials wererecount text. Recount text expose personal recount “Tarawih Changed his Lifeand the biographical recounts of Prophet Muhammad SAW and Shalahuddin Al-Ayyubi”. The English reading materials were validated by English teacher andEnglish lecturer. Both of them agreed that new English reading materials weresuitable with the Islamic school students’ needs.

Author(s):  
Diah Ayu Nanda ◽  
Johan Sinulingga ◽  
Morada Tetty

This study aimed to develop English reading materials needed for students of Cerdas Murni Islamic Junior High School through Authentic Material Approach (AMA).The objective of this study was to develop relevant English reading materials to the needs of Cerdas Murni Islamic Junior High School students especially eight grade . This study was conducted by Research and Development (R&D) design through six phases: 1) Collecting data, 2) Analyzing data, 3) Developing new materials, 4) Validating product 5) Revising materials, 6) final product. The data of this research were from the existing materials, syllabus,  students’ questionnaire, and the teachers’ interview. The result of this research showed that the existing materials were not suitable to the Islamic school students’ needs.. Therefore, new English reading materials were developed through Authentic Material Approach (AMA) principles in order to meet the Islamic students’ needs. Furthermore, developing English reading materials were recount text. Recount text expose personal recount “Tarawih Changed his Life and the biographical recounts of Prophet Muhammad SAW and Shalahuddin Al-Ayyubi”. The English reading materials were validated by English teacher and English lecturer. Both of them agreed that new English reading materials were suitable with the Islamic school students’ needs. Key Words: English reading materials, Islamic junior high school, Research and Development (R&D)


Author(s):  
Anggita Kasanra Lubis And Rafika Dewi Nasution

Reading is the basic in learning every subject. The more understanding the text, the more information students can gain. However, the reading materials that the students use is not appropriate based on syllabus. Therefore, the reading materials should be developed to fulfil the syllabus and the students' needs also. Because English is included Content Area Reading, so the development of reading materials is based on content area which focus on strengthen the vocabularies, specifically the unfamiliar ones, by giving glossary and related pictures. The developed text is only focus in the first semester which is descriptive and recount text. The research was conducted at SMP Muhammadiyah 7 Medan. The data was taken from interviewing the English teacher and distributing questionnaires for 30 students in grade VIII-4. The data showed that students need materials which is related to their environment and constructed by familiar vocabularies. Based on the result of the study, conclusion and suggestion are directed to the English teacher who is teaching in that school to provide reading materials based on syllabus and students' needs regularly.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
YANG Dan

This research tries to apply the scaffolding teaching mode in English reading teaching, with the purpose of enhancing students’ interest in reading and improving their reading levels. This study explores whether scaffolding teaching can enhance students’ reading interest and thus improve junior high school students’ English reading ability. After a 3-month-long teaching experiment, through the comparison and analysis of questionnaires and English reading scores, it is found out that scaffolding teaching is beneficial to enhance students’ reading interest and improve students’ reading level.


Author(s):  
Dinar Martia Azizah ◽  
Sugirin Sugirin

The research objectives aimed by this research are: (1) find out about Junior High School students need for environment-based supplementary reading materials; and 2) develop environment-based supplementary reading materials that are suitable for the students. This study is a research and development. The subjects involved in this research and development are eight grade students of a junior high school. The procedures in this research follow the modified research and development steps proposed by Borg & Gall into four development procedures. The steps of the modified research procedures were the exploration stage that included need analysis; the prototype development stage included the stages of planning and developing the format/draft; revision stage was completed by performing an expert judgement; and finalization stage that produced a final product. This supplementary reading is developed into 3 units. Each unit consists of list of new vocabularies, comic, main text and exercises. The developed texts are recount, descriptive and narrative. These texts convey how the relation between human and environment should be. The last part of each unit is by doing exercises that have a purpose as a confirmation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Haohao Xu

Reading is not only one of the purposes of English teaching, but also an important way of English learning. Students’ knowledge of English reading enables them to read effectively. At this time, students’ reading focus will gradually shift from learning to using English to obtain information and experience the real purpose of English reading. The traditional junior high school English reading teaching can’t meet the requirements of the new curriculum reform and helps students achieve their initial learning goals. Based on the basic theoretical knowledge of English reading teaching, this article analyzes the problems encountered by teachers and students in the process of English reading teaching, and puts forward the corresponding countermeasures, hoping to promote the level of junior high school students’ English reading teaching.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-174
Author(s):  
Dinar Martia Azizah ◽  
Sugirin Sugirin

One such effort toward this is the development of environment-based supplementary reading materials for students. In accordance with this, the objectives of this research are: 1) to investigate the need of junior high school students for environment-based supplementary reading materials; and 2) to develop environment-based supplementary reading materials suitable for these students. The subjects of this research and development were eighth grade students of a junior high school. The procedure utilized is a modified version of the research and development steps proposed by Borg & Gall and included four development procedures. The stages of this modified procedure were: 1) the exploration stage, including need analysis; 2) the prototype development stage, including planning and developing the format/draft; 3) the revision stage, using expert evaluation; and 4) the finalization stage. The resulting supplementary reading material has been developed into 3 units, with the texts being recount, descriptive, and narrative. Each unit consists of a list of new vocabulary, a comic, a main text, and exercises. The exercises at the end of each unit have the purpose of confirmation.The texts aim to convey an ideal relationship between humans and environment.


Author(s):  
Anggia Nirma Saresti ◽  
Rosi Anjarwati

Teaching writing to junior high school students is absolutely a challenging job for English teacher in Indonesia, it also happened in a junior high school in Jombang. The researchers found that both teacher and students got problem in writing process because of the students’ low ability in writing and monotonous writing teaching technique used by the teacher. This research used a Classroom Action Research design to solve the problem by using Make a match teaching technique. Make a match is considered to be one of cooperative learning method which has some benefits in teaching learning process. The result of data analysis indicates that Make a match bring benefits to improve students’ writing and class participation.


Author(s):  
Machdalena Vianty ◽  
Amrullah Amrullah ◽  
Fiftinova Fiftinova

Abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate English reading motivation, reading strategy, reading attitude and reading interest of junior high school students (Year 7, 8 and 9) in Palembang. The sample of this study was three-hundred students selected randomly from ten schools. In accordance with quantitative research design, English reading motivation, reading strategy, reading attitude and reading interest questionnaires were used as the instruments to collect the data which were statistically analyzed. The findings of this study showed that the students demonstrated a high level of English reading motivation; specifically, their instrumental motivation for reading was higher than the integrative one. Next, there was a high use of reading strategies, with Problem-Solving reading strategy as the highly used ones. The finding also revealed that the students demonstrated a positive reading attitude and their reading interest showed their reading preference was adventure stories. Keywords: English reading motivation, reading strategies, reading attitude, reading interest, self-efficacy, junior high school students


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