scholarly journals DEVELOPING READING COMPREHENSION ABILITIES

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Farih
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Best Value ◽  
Final Output ◽  
Good Writing ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
Good Reading ◽  
Writing Models

Teaching reading a second or foreign language receives a special focus. Some students of foreign language give the most important goal. They get the information through reading, as like newspaper, books, article, etc. good reading text also provide good writing models. So it needs strategies in order to get the best value in the process and the final output. Some strategies are proposed by the expert, but we should select where the appropriate to teach on the students. The aim of the study is to know what the best way to teach reading comprehension students as a second or foreign language is. It is important because nowadays, there are many book sources that use English as their language. This article will discuss (1) the strategies for reading comprehension, (2) the understanding of reading comprehension and teaching reading comprehension. The finding of the study show that the way of teaching reading comprehension is different; and it must adopt the strategy of reading comprehension of the students. Keywords: reading strategy, reading comprehension

scholarly journals Exploring Teaching Techniques Used In Teaching Reading Comprehension By English Teachers At Madrasah Aliyah Pasangkayu

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 4858
Author(s):  
Aisyah Kahar Putri ◽  
Rofiqoh Rofiqoh ◽  
Mukrim Mukrim
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Strategic Reading ◽  
Teacher Needs ◽  
Collaborative Strategic Reading ◽  
Reading Text

This research was aimed at finding out the teaching techniques used in teaching reading comprehension by English teachers from four Madrasah Aliyah at Pasangkayu Regency. MAN Pasangkayu, MA DDI Pasangkayu, MA DDI Kasoloang and MA DDI Darul Ulum. This research applied mix method approach. The respondents of this research were 8 English teachers. The instrument for collecting the data was a questionnaire and interview. Quantitative data were collected and analyzed in the first phase of the research and qualitative data were collected in the second phase. The results reveal that the English teachers use several techniques in teaching reading comprehension such as Scanning Technique, Skimming Technique, SQ3R, Speed Reading, Detailed Reading Strategy, and Collaborative Strategic Reading. The result of the interview showed that the teachers tended to use the Scanning-Skimming technique and SQ3R compared to other techniques. According to them, the Scanning-Skimming technique were two techniques that were very effective for students to use when they did English exams, especially reading texts, they find it easier to get information from a reading text. Meanwhile, SQ3R is a technique that is very good for the benefit of reading intensively. The teachers at Madrasah Aliyah Pasangkayu Regency to upgrade in teaching reading are only some of them who have attended seminars/webinars or training from related agencies or schools. As for their efforts in improving their reading teaching skills, only a few of them were creative to learn independently to find references, hold study groups, review journals, and download videos about teaching reading techniques. Every teacher needs to be more creative for the learning process can be successful.

scholarly journals Children’s text comprehension

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Oakhill
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Comprehension Strategies ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Reading Comprehension Strategies ◽  
Good Reading ◽  
Research Findings

Abstract This paper first considers what is meant by good reading comprehension and makes a distinction between the product of reading comprehension and the processes that are required to attain that product. It goes on to consider how less-skilled comprehenders can be identified and provides a summary of the research into how less-skilled and skilled comprehenders differ in terms of the skills and processes that they apply during text comprehension. Finally, the implications of these research findings for instruction are considered, and generalizable research-based recommendations for teaching reading comprehension strategies are considered.

scholarly journals Practice Model of Read-Examine-Decide-Write Strategy In Strengthening Students’ Reading Comprehension

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fitrotul Mufaridah
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Reading Text

Teaching reading in ESP Class is a challenging work not only for the English teacher but also for the students of Islamic Education Program or PAI of University of Muhammadiyah Jember. Teacher should be selective and creative in implementing teaching strategy in order to encourage students to comprehend reading text and communicate their understanding in the target language. The implementation of Read-Examine-Decide-Write (REDW) Strategy was done in ESP class of PAI. Read-Examine-Decide-Write Strategy was found as a good solution to teach them reading comprehension. By grouping the students in pair, they did their learning effectively through the steps of REDW. 75.8% or 22 of 29 students got score ≥ 75. They were active in comprehending the text through steps of REDW. The research result showed that Read-Examine-Decide-Write Strategy was able to improve PAI students’ reading comprehension in the first semester of 2015-2016 Academic Year.Keywords: reading comprehension, read-examine-decide-write strategy

scholarly journals A MODEL FOR TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Ermita Ermita
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Reading Comprehension Strategies ◽  
Good Reading ◽  
Cognitive Mode ◽  
Literal Comprehension

This article reveals an alternative model for teaching reading comprehension at junior high school. This model is a combination of ‘interactive mdel’ and ‘cognitive mode’. The discussion covers two levels of  reading comprehension: the lowest level (literal comprehension) and the highest level (evaluation and appreciation). There are four trainings given dealing  with these levels; (1) literal comprehension training, (2) inferential comprehension training, (3) evaluation training, and (4) appreciation training. The last coverage of this article is about the advantages of proposed model. This model is designed and hopefully will be useful for language teachers who are training or planning to train learners to have good reading comprehension strategies, particularly at junior high school . 

scholarly journals Teaching Reading Comprehension In EFL Classroom: A Glance At Some Approaches And Activities

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Livianni Lambe
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Foreign Language Classroom

 English reading educators in English Foreign Language classroom in Indonesian are often mystified how to teach well reading comprehension to their students. This paper will propose about pedagogy of teaching reading comprehension in EFL classroom relating to the activities in reading instruction, comprehension skills focusing on primary and intermediate level ,and strategies in teaching reading comprehension  in order to become their students as effective readers and to improve their students’ reading comprehension suitable with students’ English reading proficiency.Key words: reading comprehension, activities in reading, primary, intermediate level, strategies.

scholarly journals Reading as a Basis of Vocabulary Growth: Application to an EFL Setting

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-80
Author(s):  
Tran B. Vo
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Vocabulary Instruction ◽  
Vocabulary Development ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Vocabulary Growth ◽  
Reading Text

This paper will explore the critical roles of vocabulary development and teaching reading as a basis of vocabulary growth in an advanced English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. An application is promoted from the discussion, which identifies the interrelation between reading and vocabulary growth (Krashen, 1989; Horst, Cobb, Cobb, & Meara, 1998; Waring &Nation, 2004; Hunt & Beglar; 2005). The quality of a reading text and the learners’ interests are considerations that must be taken into account for improved vocabulary instruction.

TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION USING JIGSAW TECHNIQUE

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 461
Author(s):  
Cucu Sumiati ◽  
Dede Zulkaidah ◽  
Kaswan Kaswan
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
English Text ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Paired Samples ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Jigsaw Technique

English is foreign language in Indonesia. In English, reading is one of skill that must be mastered by students. By mastering reading skill, it can be easier for student to comprehend the text that they read. However many students not understand how to comprehend the English text well, it caused by inapropriate technique used by the teacher in English teaching. According to the problem an appropriate technique should be applied to improve their reading comprehension. The aims of the research is to find out whether there is any improvement in the students’ reading comprehension using jigsaw technique. In this research, the writer uses pre-experimental design.The researcher takes 30 students as the sample of this research. The instrument of this research is a test uses in pre-test and post-test.The result of this research presents that the jigsaw technique is successful to improve the students’ reading comprehension. It can be sees from paired samples t-test that there is a significant difference for the pre-test score (M = 52.33 SD = 22.234) and post-test (M = 80.17 SD = 9.048), t (29) = -9.275 , p <0.05. It can be concludes that the jigsaw technique improves the students’ reading comprehension.

scholarly journals Investigating the Effect of Using Multiple Sensory Modes of Glossing Vocabulary Items in a Reading Text with Multimedia Annotations

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Abbas Ali Rezaee ◽  
Neda Sharbaf Shoar
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Foreign Language Instruction ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Opportunities For Learning ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
Unknown Words

In recent years, improvements in technology have enhanced the possibilities of teaching and learning various subjects. This is specially the case in foreign language instruction. The use of technology and multimedia brings new opportunities for learning different areas of language. In this regard, the present study attempts to find out if the use of multimedia, images and movies, helps learners in learning vocabulary items included in a reading comprehension text. For this purpose, 70 students studying English at pre-intermediate level have been selected. These participants are then divided into three groups, each of which receives a different kind of instruction. The members of the first group were required to read some texts in which certain vocabulary items were included as the target of teaching. Those in the second group received the same texts with some pictures added so that the grasp of the unknown words would become facilitated. The students in the third group were exposed to the same material along with some movie strips. The strips were selected in a way to include the specific vocabulary items. The course duration was about 45 days. At the end of the course, all the students in the three aforementioned groups were sat for taking a vocabulary test. The test format was multiple-choice. The results of the ANOVA indicated that annotating reading comprehension passages with movie clips contributes to better learning and recall of vocabulary through reading texts.

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