scholarly journals The Use Of Read, Cover, Remember and Retell Strategy On Students’ English Reading Comprehension

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Wieke Wido Wati
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Research Finding ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
English Reading Comprehension

This research was aimed to find out whether there was significant effect of using read, cover, remember and retell (RCRR) strategy on students’ English reading comprehension. The design was a quasi-experimental research. The sample consisted of 60 students; 30 students for experiment group and 30 students for control group. The instrument was reading test which comprised 30 multiple choice (4 options) question with r=0,86 .The research finding were as follows; 1). RCRR strategy affected students’ reading comprehension in whole reading comprehension RCRR strategy affected students’ reading comprehension in various aspect of reading comprehension, 2). RCRR strategy affected the students’ reading comprehension in the aspect of finding main idea, 3).RCRR strategy affected the students’ reading comprehension in the aspect of making inference, 4).RCRR strategy affected the students’ reading comprehension in the aspect of understanding vocabulary and determining reference. However, RCRR strategy did not affect the students’ reading comprehension in the aspect of identifying specific information. Further study is recommended for medical school.

scholarly journals The Effect of Scientific Approach Based on Tutorial Video on Students’ Reading Comprehension of Procedure Text (A Quasi-Experimental Research at Grade VIII of SMPN 4 Kota Bengkulu)

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ahyauddin Ma’id ◽  
Azwandi Azwandi ◽  
Arono Arono
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
General Information ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Procedure Text ◽  
Information Finding

This research aimed to find out whether there was any effect of implementation scientific based approach using tutorial video on students’ reading comprehension as a whole and various aspects in procedure text at grade VIII of SMPN 4 Kota Bengkulu. The design was a quasi-experimental research. The sample consisted of 50 students at grade VIII SMPN 4 Kota Bengkulu, 25 students for experiment group and 25 students for control group. The instrument was a reading test which comprised 50 multiple choice questions, the instrument was tried out with r=0,970. The research findings were as follows; (1) Scientific approach based on tutorial video affected students’ whole reading comprehension; (2) scientific approach based on tutorial video affected students’ reading comprehension in various aspects of reading comprehension, namely; finding general information, finding specific information, integrating information, and learning from text. Further study is recommended for other text types.Key Words: Reading Comprehension, Scientific Approach, Tutorial Video

scholarly journals The Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA) and the Traditional Approach Using Tales of Virtue based on His Majesty the King’s Teaching Concepts in Seventh Grade Students’ Reading Comprehension

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Rungruedee Chaemsai ◽  
Saowalak Rattanavich
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Ethical Awareness ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
English Reading Comprehension ◽  
Randomized Control ◽  
Directed Reading ◽  
Dependent Samples

<p>This study compares the English reading comprehension and ethical awareness of 7<sup>th</sup> grade students, when using either a directed reading-thinking activity (DR-TA), or a more traditional approach, involving tales of virtue based on His Majesty the King’s teaching concepts. A randomized control group pretest-posttest design was used for the study, and the data were analyzed using one-way MANOVA and t-tests for dependent samples. The results showed a significant difference in English reading comprehension, and ethical awareness of learning English reading, between both groups at .01 level. Students through the DR-TA method had significantly higher English reading comprehension, and increased ethical awareness, at the .01 level.</p>

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 On Non-English Majors’ Strategy Training in English Reading Comprehension

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Xiaoling Yang
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Strategy Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Reading Competence ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
English Majors ◽  
English Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Group

This paper reviewed the literature of the previous research and questionnaire survey on reading strategy. Based on theories of psycholinguistics, a five-week experiment was carried out in order to probe into the effectiveness of strategy training. The experiment was designed to answer the following question: Can reading comprehension be improved by strategy training? Two groups of subjects from non-English majors participated in the experiment and questionnaire survey. Experimental group received training on reading strategies while control group didn’t. By comparing the results of the pretest and posttest of the two groups, the effectiveness of strategy training was examined. The results of data analysis indicated that both efficient and non-efficient readers use strategies to facilitate their reading and there was no significant difference between them with regard to strategy use in general, but some strategies were especially favored by the efficient readers and that reading competence could be improved by strategy training.

scholarly journals Students’ Problems in Answering Reading Comprehension Question of Descriptive Text in The “Mandiri” Textbook Published by Erlangga at SMPN 1 Kepahiang

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-174
Author(s):  
Meri Diana ◽  
Syahrial Syahrial ◽  
Wisma Yunita
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Comprehension Question ◽  
Four Causes ◽  
Descriptive Method

This research aimed to find out the students’ problems in answering reading comprehension questions of descriptive text in the “Mandiri” textbook published and the causes of students’ problems in answering reading comprehension questions of descriptive text in the “Mandiri” textbook published by Erlangga at SMPN 1 Kepahiang. The design of this research was a descriptive quantitative research. This research was designed based on the problems identified and arranged to adjust the main purpose of the research, so that the researcher employed descriptive method. The researcher took 50 students as the sample of this research. The instruments of this study were reading test and interview guideline. The researcher used a reading test in multiple choice forms consisted of fourty numbers of questions included in Mandiri textbook published by Erlangga. Another instrument was an interview guideline. The interview guideline was arranged based on the result of the reading test to reconfirm the result of the reading test and to get an indepth data on the causes of students’ difficulties in reading comprehension. The findings of this research were; (1) the students’ problems in answering reading comprehension questions of descriptive text in the “Mandiri” textbook published by Erlangga at SMPN 1 Kepahiang were finding main idea, identifying specific information, inference, and vocabulary; (2) there were four causes of students’ problems in answering reading comprehension questions of descriptive text in the “Mandiri” textbook published by Erlangga at SMPN 1 Kepahiang; (a) finding main idea is rather complicated, the students need to read the text repeatly to find the main idea; (b) the students need to read from the beginning to finish this description so that they can get the information and answer the questions given; (c) to find inferences they must know the text well and clearly; (d) There are some words that they find difficult to understand and they have never met. They answered that there are some words which are not familiar to them.  

scholarly journals TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH TASK BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Kamba Janna Mufabar ◽  
Hilaluddin Hanafi ◽  
Aderlaepe Aderlaepe
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Reading Motivation ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

This study attempted to find out: (1) Whether the Task Based Language Teaching (TBLT) affects students’ reading comprehension or not, (2) The application of task based language teaching towards students’ reading motivation. This study employed quasi experimental design to scrutinize the applicability of TBLT which involving 2nd grade students of Junior High School 7 Kendari registered in academic year 2019/2020. To this end, 62 participants (including an experimental group and a control class ones) were selected through purposive sampling from among 180 students. Task Based Language Teaching was applied in teaching reading comprehension in experimental group while in control group ones was applied conventional. Both groups were taught the same topic. The test was administered before treatment (pre-test) to examine the students’ previous reading comprehension and it was then compared with their post-test to examine their reading comprehension after being taught using TBLT. Reading test and questionnaire as the instruments of this study. The data from reading test was used to figure out the students’ reading comprehension by using t-test while the data from questionnaire was to figure out the students’ reading motivation. All collected data were computed and analysed by using SPSS 24. The results of reading comprehension test revealed that TBLT significantly effects students’ reading comprehension. Moreover, the result of questionnaire displayed that the students became more motivated to read through Task Based Language Teaching (TBLT).   Keywords: Reading Comprehension, Task Based Language Teaching.

scholarly journals The Impact of Drama Instruction on EFL Omani Fifth Graders’ Read-ing Comprehension

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 674
Author(s):  
Ruqaya Al Rabeei ◽  
Salma Al-Humaidi ◽  
Saleh Al-Busaidi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Fifth Graders ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Teacher's Perceptions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

Drama instruction is one of the methods recommended in EFL literature. This study aimed to investigate the impact of drama instruction on EFL fifth graders’ reading comprehension. It also explored the students’ and the teacher’s perceptions of the use of drama in reading lessons. A total of 74 randomly selected students participated in the study and formed the control group and the experimental group. The study followed the mixed quasi-experimental design. A pre- and posttest reading test was administered to examine the impact of drama on reading comprehension. A questionnaire was implemented to explore students’ perceptions of drama. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted to probe students’ and teacher’s perceptions of drama. The results were quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed. They showed no significant difference in reading comprehension between the control group and the experimental group. However, the experimental group performed better in the posttest than the control group although their mean scores in the pretest were lower. The participant teacher and students responded positively towards the use of drama in reading lessons. They reported that drama activities were exciting and made them love reading.

scholarly journals EFFECTIVENESS OF LITERATURE CIRCLES ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dini Irawati
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Literature Circles ◽  
Control Group ◽  
English Department ◽  
Intensive English ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Academic Year

This study reports an experimental study to see the effect of literatures circles to improve reading comprehension of English department students of  State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Samarinda. A quasi experimental research using nonrandomized control group pretest-posttest design was conducted to see effectiveness of literature circles on students’ reading comprehension. A number of 24 students were taken as sample from the first semester students joining in an intensive English course program in  academic year 2011/2012. Using independent t-test, the analysis of the posttest means the finding yielded a t-value of 3.11. The t-value (3.11) is higher than the critical table 1.678 at p=.05 and df=44 (one-tailed).  The result evidently shows that literature circles contribute a significant effect to improve students’ reading comprehension.   

scholarly journals TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH THE INTERACTIVE TECHNIQUE

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Aleti Monarisa ◽  
Bambang Suwarno ◽  
Mulyadi .
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Interactive Technique ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
Experimental Group

The objective of this research was to find out whether the Interactive technique could improve students’ reading comprehension. This was a quasi-experimental research. The population of this research was the eighth grade students of SLTP Negeri 1 Kota Bengkulu which consisted of 193 students. The sample of this research was the class VIII.2 (34 students) as the experimental group and the VIII.3 (40 students) as the control group. The instrument was a reading comprehension test, which consisted of 40 items. Before the pre-test was given, it was tried out to the students of the same level. The result was t-count in the pre-test was smaller than t-table (1.26 < 2.042). This indicated that the groups were of equal ability. For the post-test, in contrast, the t-count was greater than t- table (2.7 > 2.042). This indicated that the interactive technique could improve students’ reading comprehension.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF ACADEMIC SELF MANAGEMENT AND READING ANXIETY TO STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN EFL CLASSROOM

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eka Wilany ◽  
Desi Surlitasari Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Self Management ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Reading Anxiety ◽  
English Reading Comprehension ◽  
The Difference

The objectives of this research were to find out the interaction of academic self management and reading anxiety in English reading comprehension, the difference of students high and low reading anxiety in reading comprehension, the difference of reading comprehension students having higher academic self management have high and low reading anxiety and the difference between low academic self management that have high and low reading anxiety in reading comprehension. Expost facto was employed as the design of the study with Riau Kepulauan University as the population. To measure students reading anxiety and academic self management, it was used questionnaires. Furthermore, reading test was used for measuring the students’ reading comprehension. Data analysis used Two –Way ANAVA, then Tuckey Test. It was found that there was difference between high and low reading anxiety students in which  Qcount(3.47)> Q table (2.89). Then the interaction showed students academic self management and reading anxiety in reading comprehension, the score of Qcount bigger than Qtable (12,22>3,07). Next, high academic self management between high and low reading anxiety was found different. It was counted that Qcount (9.00)> Qtable (3.01). In contrast, there was no difference of reading comprehension between students low academic self management having and low reading anxiety. It was calculated that Qcount (-0.08)<Q table (3.01). Keywords: Academic Self Management, Anxiety, Reading Comprehension

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