scholarly journals Developing Context-Based Reading Materials

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atmazaki Atmazaki
Keyword(s):  
Field Test ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Test Evaluation ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Development Models ◽  
Evaluation Phase ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Reading Interest ◽  
Preliminary Phase

This study aims to explain the process of developing teaching materials based on Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL). As the basis of development, this study used 7 types of texts that should be learned in class VII SMPitems, namely descriptive texts, fantasy texts, procedural texts, report texts, poetical texts, fable texts, and letters texts. The development models of Plomp is used to analyze the needs (preliminary phase), make the design (prototyping phase), and conduct field test (evaluation phase). The results show that the contextual reading of developed material meets the criteria of validity, practicality, and effectiveness. It is expected that teaching Reviews These materials can improve reading interest and students' reading skills.

scholarly journals READING INTEREST OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Umi Rachmawati
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Reading Activities ◽  
Reading Interest ◽  
Senior High School Students

Nowadays, the development of the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language has been transformed. Learners do not only focus on the learning of speaking and writing but also reading since they are required to be able to smartly respond to the texts they are reading. The development of the information and technology forces the focus of teaching and learning on the critical reading that might be less interesting for the students. The students may not know their interest in reading before they start reading. A unique condition in Magelang regency, a small town close to Yogyakarta, the students of senior high schools have achieved their best achievement for their learning that can be seen from the rank of the school that becomes the best school in terms of the final examination in Central Java. To know the teaching and learning of English in that school can be an alternative for other schools. Based on the case study conducted in some schools in Magelang regency, it can be found that the teaching and learning are still varied. The findings were discussed under the following terms; students’ reading activities, mastery of reading skills, reading materials, and reading modality. It is a problem for the success of language teaching as the students can have low motivation in reading if the reading materials were not interesting for them.

scholarly journals A NEED ANALYSIS ON ICT-BASED ENGLISH MATERIAL FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING OF READING FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SOUTH BENGKULU

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-46
Author(s):  
Margareta Margareta ◽  
Safnil Safnil ◽  
Irwan Koto
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Field Test ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Reading Materials

This research was aimed to find out ICT media are preferred by high school students in South Bengkulu in learning reading and to describe the reading materials should be used with ICT media. The research design was mixed method quantitative and qualitative with the subjects of this research were 302 high school students and 11 English teachers in South Bengkulu. The instruments of this research were questionairre and open-ended interview. The findings of the research revealed that (1) online ICT media was prefered  by high school students in South Bengkulu in learning reading  and (2)  kinds of text became the reading material that should be used with ICT media. To suggest, a broader field test still needed to be done to achieve a better result and other researchers who are interested in the incorporation of ICT in learning teaching are suggested to conduct further investigation which possibly deals with other language skills.

scholarly journals Developing Local Content-Based Instructional Graded Reading Materials for Reading Level Three Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Shella Monica ◽  
Machdalena Vianty
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Field Test ◽  
Reading Assessment ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Test Evaluation ◽  
Local Content ◽  
Comprehension Test ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
One To One

This research aimed at analyzing the quality of the newly developed local-content-based instructional graded reading materials for junior high school students in Lubuklinggau. The development of the instructional materials was then analyzed and evaluated in terms of their validity, practicality, and effectiveness using formative evaluation proposed, which consists of self-evaluation, experts review, one-to-one, small group, and field test. The result of expert review showed that the prototype of the product was categorized as having high validity as indicated by the average score of questionnaires on content and construct which was 3.23 (scale 1-4). Moreover, developed instructional reading materials were also considered as highly practical as indicated by the average score of one-to-one evaluation (3.39) and small group evaluation (3.18). Meanwhile, the result of field test evaluation showed that the developed reading comprehension test was highly effective to be used as reading assessment. Meanwhile, the result of field test evaluation shows that developed test could be categorized as effective because there were 20 students (74.07%) out of 27 students in reading comprehension test reached average category which was between 56 and 70. Hence, it was concluded that the developed products, either the test or the teaching materials can become alternative for teaching reading to students whose level of reading is level 3. Keywords: reading assessment; graded reading material; local content-agriculturalproduct

scholarly journals Designing authentic reading materials to suit local context in Uzbekistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 131-161
Author(s):  
D. Z. Ernazarov ◽  
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Kh. N. Avilova ◽  
M. Kh. Gulyamova ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Internet Resource ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Selection Of

What teaching materials are relevant to develop reading skills of my students? Can every Internet resource or course book be used in all classrooms? Should materials meet national standards of a particular country? Teachers usually face the reality while selecting resources to use in their teaching. Teaching materials are an indispensible tool in the majority of language classrooms. This paper gives an overview of reading materials and the selection of authentic materials for designing reading tasks in the English as a foreign language classroom in Uzbekistan. It also seeks theories that support the efforts in developing culturally and locally appropriate EFL reading materials. This article proposes a method of using authentic materials in teaching students a foreign language. The main criteria for the selection of authentic materials in accordance with the purpose and objectives of learning are identified, and the advantages of their use for the development of reading skills in comparison with adapted texts and an increase in the level of motivation for learning a foreign language are analyzed. English learners often say that reading, which is a vital part of language learning, is boring and difficult. This problematic situation may be the result of improper EFL reading practice.

A Study on Extensive Reading in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 3945-3953
Author(s):  
Diana Presadă ◽  
Mihaela Badea
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Reading For Pleasure ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Shed Light

As practicing university teachers, we have noticed that students tend to focus exclusively on syllabus reading materials ignoring reading for pleasure outside the classroom. Rarely taught in ordinary university classes, extensive reading skills may play an important part in the foreign language teaching and learning process. Given these facts, we have decided to pilot an extensive reading program at academic level, the ultimate aim being to implement it in the future. Therefore, the purposes of the paper are to discover students' attitude towards extensive reading and to assess the results of the pilot as reflected in their opinions with a view to conceiving a large-scale future reading program. The study attempts to shed light on the issues triggered by the introduction of such a program into the curriculum of philological students, being mainly concerned with the practical side of the phenomenon and highlighting the interdependence between our findings and the latest theories in the field.

scholarly journals تصميم المواد التعليمية في درس اللغة العربية لتنمية مهارة القراءة

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-104
Author(s):  
Aqif Khilmia
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The University

The University of Darussalam Gontor is a university that pays attention to learning Arabic. This is by the curriculum in each study program. As the founder stated that University must be a university that consistently teaches the language of the Qur`an, all students must master Arabic. However, the Islamic Economics study program does not yet have Arabic language teaching materials that have a bad impact on lecturers or students in the teaching and learning process. So, the researchers tried to compile Arabic language teaching materials specifically for students of Islamic Economics study programs at the University of Darussalam Gontor. The formulation of the research problem is “What the characteristics of Arabic teaching materials to improve reading skills of Islamic Economics study program students at the University of Darussalam Gontor?” and “How effective are Arabic teaching materials in improving reading skills of Management study students at the University of Darussalam Gontor?”. This study aims to explain the characteristics of the Arabic language teaching materials in improving the reading skills of students in Islamic Economics study programs at the University Darussalam of Gontor and to see the effectiveness of Arabic teaching materials to improve reading skills of students in Islamic Economics at the University of Darussalam Gontor. This research is a type of Research and Development (R & D) research which is preceded by data collection with interviews, tests, questionnaires, and documentation. To analyze the data collected, the author uses the t-test formula. The results of this study that teaching materials are arranged in the form of books, which are preceded by supervising for instructors of Arabic, learning steps, and syllabus. And the core of this book is material consisting of 13 chapters, consisting of reading texts and practice questions. At the end of this book, there are vocabulary words and their meanings arranged according to the alphabet. From the results of the pre-test and post-test values, it was found that the post-test value was greater than the pre-test. This shows that the compiled book is used both for students and instructors of Arabic. Then the Arabic language instructors must pay attention to the things students need to learn Arabic by looking at the condition of the students and their language skills. From the results of this discussion, researchers hope that lecturers of Arabic language material will always pay attention to the needs of students, so they can choose the right material and learning methods and according to their needs.

Memory Transfer Language: an absolute learner-driven visualizer

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5015-5019
Author(s):  
Leonard J. Mselle
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Visualization Technique ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Memory Transfer ◽  
Learning Programming ◽  
Teaching And Learning Programming

This article discusses visualization as a technique to enhance programming comprehension. It points out that current animation approach, being machine-based technique, is inadequate due to the fact that machine-based animation tools are difficult to integrate in the current teaching materials. In addition, machine-centered animators do not guarantee the learner with absolute engagement. In this paper, MTL, as a visualization technique which is absolutely learner-driven is demonstrated and discussed. It is shown that MTL can be integrated with current materials for teaching and learning programming and it can guarantee absolute authority to the learner.

PENGEMBANGAN BAHAN AJAR BERBASIS PENDEKATAN OPEN ENDED PADA MATERI FPB/KPK KELAS IV UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN PENALARAN SISWA DI SD NEGERI TAMBAKREJO 01 SEMARANG

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ambar Widianingrum ◽  
Joko Sulianto ◽  
Rahmat Rais
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Initial Field ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Stage 1

The purpose of this study was to describe the feasibility of teaching materials based on an open-ended approach to improve the reasoning abilities of fourth grade students in elementary schools. This type of research is research and development (Research and Development). The subjects of this study were 3 classroom teachers. The data analysis technique used is descriptive qualitative data analysis (data reduction, data presentation and conclusion) and quantitative descriptive data analysis. Based on the results of stage 1 media validation, it was obtained 84.8%, and the results of stage 2 media validation were obtained 94.8%. The result of material validation for stage 1 was obtained 84.6%, and validation for material for stage 2 was obtained 93.3%. The results of initial field trials obtained media 93.7% and material 92.3%. This shows that the teaching material is declared valid and suitable for use. Based on the results of this study, the suggestion that can be conveyed is that teaching materials based on an open-ended approach can be used as a tool for teaching and learning resources for students.

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