scholarly journals Language for Resilience: Semantic Mapping and Syrian Refugees

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Hana Al-Badou ◽  
Dina Al-Jamal ◽  
Imad Sa’di
Keyword(s):  
Reading Skills ◽  
Semantic Mapping ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
The North ◽  
Mapping Strategy ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

The aim of this study is help refugees to move forward by the means of having control on their English languagelearning. To this end, semantic mapping was used in teaching reading skills for Eighth grade students at Alzaatari camp for Syrian refugees at the north of Jordan. The researcher used quasi experimental design entailing a pre-post-test and a questionnaire to examine the effect of improving the English reading skills for the participants of the study who were 50. The results of the study showed that semantic mapping strategy improved students' reading skills significantly and thereby improved their resilience by helping themselves to move forward. 

scholarly journals READING NARRATIVE BY SEMANTIC MAPPING: A STRATEGY TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ COMPREHENSION

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Durratul Hikmah ◽  
Mohammad Sofyan Adi Pranata
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Semantic Mapping ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Comprehension Skill ◽  
Mapping Strategy ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

This study attempted to investigate the effectiveness of using semantic mapping strategy for improving students’ reading comprehension skill on narrative text. This study employed a quasi-experimental design by dividing the research group into control and experimental group. In this study, a pre-test and post-test experimental design with control group was used. The instruments used to collect the data were reading comprehension tests before and after the treatment.  The study was conducted at grade VIII of SMP Nurul Jadid Probolinggo at which the students were identified as having problem in comprehending English narrative text. The finding showed that semantic mapping strategy can improve students’ comprehension on reading narrative text.

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 Effectiveness of the Modified “Alpabasa”: A Game-Based Program in Teaching Reading among the Grades 3 and 4 Non-Readers

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. p37
Author(s):  
John Kit S. Masigan, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Reading Skills ◽  
Fourth Graders ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Reading Level ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Basic Reading Skills ◽  
Twelfth Grade ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Grade 3

The National Association of Educational Progress (NAEP) report shows that 39 percent of fourth graders fall below a basic reading level; by twelfth grade that figure is still 23 percent. Accordingly, early intervention initiatives should impact those figures in the future to eliminate the segment of students who have significant difficulty acquiring basic reading skills, generally estimated at 20 percent. In response, Filipino innovators founded “Alpabasa”, a game-based program in teaching reading that aims to effectively teach kinder and elementary school children how to read in 18 days. The study made use of the quasi-experimental method, specifically, the pre-post test design to investigate the effectiveness of the modified “Alpabasa”: A game-based program in teaching reading among 60 grade 3 and 4 non-readers of St. Paul University Philippines by incorporating costumes, music, movement, games, theatrical presentations and supplemental activities in learning. Findings show that the exposure of non-readers to the Modified Alpabasa Reading Program resulted in better performance of the students in reading. Through action songs and movement-based activities, pupils are geared to play with language as learning situations are made concrete and realistic; thus, making reading more meaningful, interesting and engaging.

scholarly journals Teaching Reading through Reciprocal Teaching Strategy

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Deni Afrizatama
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Reciprocal Teaching ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Academic Year

This  is  experimental  research  with  quantitative  approach  to  analyse  the  data. Quasi  experimental  is  used  to  gain  the  data  by  using  the  matching  only  pretest  – postest  control  group  design.Tne  main  ptirpose  of  tnis  researcn  was  intended  to  find out  whether  reciprocal  teaching  strategy  in  teaching  reading  for  the  eighth  grade  at SMPN 10 Kota Cirebon is effective or not and what the students’ response in learning reading using reciprocal teaching strategy are. In this research. The population of this research  was  eighth  grade  students  of  SMPN  10  Kota  Cirebon  in  the  2015/2016 academic year. The number population is about 270 students consisted of nine classes and each class consisted of 25  – 30 students.  This research only took two classes as sample,  VIII  H  as  control  class  and  VIII  I  as  experimental  class.  There  were  two research  instruments  that  was  used  to  gather  the  data:  Test  (Pre-test  and  Post-test) was used to find out the students’s achievement in reading before and after teaching reading by using reciprocal teaching strategy and questionnaire was used to find out the students’ response about learning reading using reciprocal teaching strategy. After collecting the data, the data was analyzed by using t-test formula from fraenkel to find out  t-account.  The  result  of  the  test  showed  that  t-account  was  4.47  and  t-table  was 2.012  with  (df)  48  and  significant  level  0.05  (5%).  It  means  that  t-account  (4.47)  is higher  than  t-table  (2.021).  It  can  be  concluded  that  (Ha)  “Reciprocal  teaching strategyis  effectivein  teaching  reading  for  the  eighth  grade  at  SMPN  10  Kota Cirebon.” is accepted.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Reading Aloud Strategy in Concerning Students' Reading Skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Nurlaily Sofyan ◽  
Jusmin HJ Wahid ◽  
Nirwan H Idris
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Reading Aloud ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Reading Aloud strategy used in the teaching reading skills, which means the teachers and students pronounced the word loudly in front of the class to get the information. The strategy is rewarding for students to understand the reading texts. Then, the researchers used a reading test as an instrument to know the students' competence in reading skills. This research used Quasi-Experimental Design.  The result was proved that the score in the experimental class was 61 with a standard deviation was 8.20 and the post-test score was 69.1 with a standard deviation was 8.22 then the score of pre-test in the control class was 56.5 with a standard deviation was 8.53 and post-test was 60.40 with standard deviation was 9. 68. The results achieved from both tests were different. Next, the t-test score both in class was 0, 00. It means that the hypothesis is accepted, it concluded that the implementation of the reading aloud strategy can improve students' reading skills competence.

TEACHING READING BY UTILIZING HOT POTATOES SOFTWARE TOWARD STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Abdullah Farih
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
And Control

The objective of this study is to measure whether there is or not significant effect of teaching reading by utilizing Hot Potatoes software toward students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text. The variables used were the teaching treatment of Hot Potatoes Software as the independent variable and the students’ reading comprehension of Descriptive Text as dependent variable. Then, the research designed was Quasi-experimental design and the presentation of data used was quantitative. The data were obtained from the eleventh grade, of which 28 students were taken as sample. The students are divided into two groups; experiment group consisted of 12 students and control group consists of 16 students. To get the data, the pre-test and post-test were applied and then analyzed using t-test formula. The researcher had concluded that there is Significant effect of Hot Potatoes Software toward the students’ reading comprehension achievement. The result showed that mean of students’ post-test was increased. It is proved by the t-test (8.54) which is higher than t-table (2.05) at level of significance 5%. It means that the alternative hypothesis was accepted and it proved that Hot Potatoes Software had significant effect toward students’ reading comprehension of Descriptive Text

scholarly journals The Influence of Think-Pair-Share in Enhancing Students’ Speaking Ability

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Hidayana Putri ◽  
Fahriany Fahriany ◽  
Nasifuddin Jalil
Keyword(s):  
Effect Size ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Large Level ◽  
Academic Year

Secondary schools obliged the students to master English skills. In fact, students have many shortcomings in mastering those English skills, especially speaking skills faced by the eighth-grade students of MTs Khazanah Kebajikan in the academic year 2017/2018. They had difficulties in speaking English directly. It was found by our observation in which the students were lack of vocabulary, self-confidence, and motivation. Additionally, they were difficult to elaborate on their ideas through the spoken form. Hence, the students are needed the new strategy to construct their shortcomings by the implementation of Think-Pair-Share. The objective of the study was to know the influence of Think-Pair-Share on students’ speaking ability of short monologue. This study used a quantitative method with a quasi-experimental design. The population was 102 students with 50 students as the sample of this study. The technique of data collection in this study consisted of pre-test and post-test. The data analysis techniques were used t-test, also included the test of normality and homogeneity. In addition, this study was also supported by measuring the effect size. The result of the study showed that students’ speaking score in the experimental class was higher than the controlled class. It found that H<sub>0 </sub>(Null Hypothesis) is rejected and H<sub>a</sub> (Alternative Hypothesis) is accepted. Also, the result of the effect size was 2.91 at a large level (significant). It can be concluded that Think-Pair-Share is an effective way to improve students’ speaking ability, especially in short monologue.

scholarly journals The Use of Schematic-activation Strategy in Teaching Young EFL Learners Reading Comprehension

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Etika Ariyani ◽  
Etika Ariyani
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
T Test ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Schema Activation ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Reading is one of the important skills that the students have to master. However, many students have difficulties in comprehending the reading text. To solve this condition, the researcher used schema activation strategy to help students understand reading comprehension. The purpose of this research was to investigate whether the use of schema activation strategy is effective or not in teaching reading comprehension at the second-grade students of MTs Tarbiyatul Mustafid in academic year 2017/2018. This study was quasi-experimental design using two classes were VIII B class was taken as an experimental class, and VII-A was taken as control class. The population of this research involved 60 students from the second grade in MTs Tarbiyatul Mustafid Batu Simpang. By using purposive sampling, the researcher took the students as a sample. In collecting the data, this study used pre-test, treatment, and post-test as the data collection procedure then followed by analyzing the data by using the t-test formula. Then the result of statistical analysis of t-test in this research was 2.85. It was higher than critical values for t- table in the degree of freedom (df) of 58 is 2.021(0.05%) and 2.704(0.01%). The researcher concludes that mean score before and after teaching by using schema activation strategy has a difference. It means the alternative hypothesis (ha) was accepted. The use of schema activation strategy in teaching reading comprehension at the second-grade students of MTs Tarbiyatul Mustafid Batu Rimpang is effective.

scholarly journals SCAFFOLDED READING EXPERIENCE (SRE) IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-74
Author(s):  
Herawati Unmura
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Reading Experience ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

The scaffolded reading experience framework consists of a set of prereading, during-reading, and post-reading activities to use with any genre of text, including fiction and nonfiction. The aim of this study was the effectiveness of scaffolded reading experience in teaching reading comprehension to the students of Musi Rawas University? The method used in this research was quasi-experimental method. The population of this study was all of the students of Musi Rawas University. The sample of this study was students of accounting study progrom in first semester taken through convenience non random sampling. The data were collected through a written test. It was pre-test and post test. The data analyzed through t-test formula. From this study it was found that the students’ pre-test average score in the experimental group was 55 and in the control group was 53.91. Meanwhile the students’ post-test average score in the experimental group was 80 and the students’ average score in the control group was 75. In addition of t-obtained were 2.049 where the value of t-table was 1.684 at df 74 in significance level of 0.05 and with one-tailed testing. Since the value of t-obtained was higher than the critical value of the t-table (2.049>1.684), it can be concluded that, teaching reading comprehension by using scaffolded reading experience (SRE) to the students of Musi Rawas University was effective.

scholarly journals Vocabulary Strategies and Bridging the Gap from Learning to Read to Reading to Learn

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 60-72
Author(s):  
Kholood Moustafa Alakawi
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Semantic Mapping ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Vocabulary Strategies ◽  
Analysis Strategies ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Reading Texts

The present study offers a solution to students’ difficulties in reading by examining the effect of two instructional strategies for teaching reading: semantic mapping and morphological analysis, using multimedia as a vehicle for achieving the desired goals. Technology in the present study incorporates fun, meaningful resources that enhance the experimental group students’ vocabulary, and allow the reading instructor to assess the students’ progress in reading. 58 EFL university students enrolled in the first year of the English Department at Al-Imam University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia participated in the present study. They were chosen randomly and were divided into two groups; an experimental group and a control one. Each group had 29 participants aged between twenty and twenty one years old. A pre-test was applied to check out their standard in comprehending the reading texts before the inauguration of the experiment. During the time of the experiment, the control group was taught by the traditional method which focuses on relying on their memorization of long lists of vocabulary, rote learning, reading aloud, repetition and the translation of the new vocabulary. Participants of the experimental group were taught by semantic mapping and morphological analysis that focus on the comprehension of the key vocabulary and concepts included in the reading texts. The experimental group only was taught in the reading classes by implementing the semantic mapping and morphological analysis strategies while the control group was taught by the traditional previously mentioned way. The post-test was applied on both groups of the study at the end of the experiment to check out the students’ reading comprehension standard. The experiment lasted for three months’ time during the first semester of the year 2015. The findings revealed that teaching reading by semantic mapping and morphological analysis strategies improved experimental group students’ comprehension of the reading texts.

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