scholarly journals The Effect of Gender Base Materials on Reading Comprehension

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Nayereh Shahmohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Reading Performance ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Base Materials ◽  
Related Language ◽  
Equal Chance ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Language Area ◽  
Sports And Exercise

As it is true for other three language skills, reading is a process involving the activation of relevant knowledge and related language skills to accomplish an exchange of information from one person to another .Reading requires that the reader focus attention on the reading materials and integrate previously acquired knowledge and skills to comprehend what someone else has written. There have been a lot of researches on reading and reading comprehension. One of the most interesting areas in reading comprehension is related to schemata theory. This interesting line of research in the second language area concerns the effect on reading performance of readers' own internalized models or emotions and beliefs, consequently different internalized models or schemata, males will have greater comprehension achievement if they read the text which sound masculine and females will have greater comprehension achievement provided that they read text which are about feminine topics. Having a look at the revised pre-university English course book, we can truly recognize that nearly all of the text in this book with the topics such as sports and exercise (with a picture of man in running), global warming and man and space (with a picture of man in the space) are male oriented .Based on the result of previous researches on reading comprehension, this paper suggests: Including balance of reading material ,one half male oriented and one half female oriented; including topics such as space ,war ,competition ,sports for males ;including topics such as house chores ,humanities and baby sittings for females in high school levels of English course book; That both male and female have the equal chance to activate their pre-existent knowledge to comprehend the text.

Differential Effects of Sex-Oriented Reading Material on Children's Reading Performance

1979 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-298
Author(s):  
E. G. Johnson ◽  
L. Gibbons ◽  
H. Kepsi ◽  
R. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Differential Effect ◽  
Reading Performance ◽  
Significant Trend ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Cloze Procedure ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Children's Reading ◽  
Children’S Reading

Sex-oriented reading materials were found to have a differential effect on the recall scores of boys and girls at the Year 4 level. A similar, non-significant trend was found for the comprehension scores based on the cloze procedure. The sex of the tester was found to have no significant effect on the performance of either boys or girls.

scholarly journals Developing Reading Comprehension Materials For Reading 1st Course In The Second Semester Of Social And Politic Science Faculty At Mahendradatta University

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-53
Author(s):  
I Made Arka
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Career Women ◽  
Science Faculty ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Text Organization ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Basic Competency ◽  
Good Reading

This study aimed at developing good reading comprehension materials for reading 1st course in second semester of Social and Politic Science Faculty at Mahen- dradatta University. It was developed by using the Research and Development proposed by Sugiyono (2010). The content of the product was based on Competency Standard and Basic Competency mentioned in the syllabus. The reading materials which have been provided for the second grade of reading 1st course in second grade of Social and Poli- tic Science Faculty at Mahendradatta University based on the criteria of a good reading material, involved the reading comprehension materials for reading 1st course that are relevant to convey the topic of (1) Grief and Escape, (2) Speech Production, (3) Career Women, (4) Visiting Bali, (5) “Ada Apa dengan Cinta?”, and (6) How to make Ice Cream. The reading comprehension materials, which should be developed, involved the skill of(1) understanding text organization, (2) inferring, (3) evaluating the text, (4) predicting,(5) understanding the writer’s style, and (6) dealing with unfamiliar words. The reading materials were corrected by the expert judges and field tested. The product, which was in the form of reading materials, was tried out twice. Firstly, it was tried out to the twenty students of the second semester and one lecturer Mahendradatta University. The result of the analysis showed that there were some invalid items. Then, the product was revised. Secondly, it was tried out in the second semester and two lecturers Mahendradatta Uni- versity. The results of the analysis showed that all of the items were valid. The product did not need to be revised again. Therefore, it could be used for reading 1st course in second semester of Social and Politic Science Faculty at Mahendradatta University.

scholarly journals Tell Tale Increasing Skill: Increasing Indonesian Student Reading Comprehension Through Indonesian Folklore

Humaniora ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 577
Author(s):  
Endang Ernawati ◽  
Retnowati Retnowati
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Primary Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Student Reading ◽  
Support Students ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

The goals of the research were to compile a reading material that was able to measure the fifth year primary students’ comprehension to the Betawi folklore which represented Indonesian culture; the value found in the Betawi folklore, and to increase their writing skills based on the vocabulary in context assessment. A library research was applied by selecting the story suitable for primary school students, translating materials, simplifying the reading, and making reading exercise to develop student’s reading comprehension skills. Reading materials and exercises were focused to the fifth year primary students who have been learning English for more than three years. It can be concluded that the interesting reading materials can be compiled from the original Indonesian folklore entitled “The Old Sly Stork” to support students’ achievement in finding the story’s values, and students’ skills in writing based on the reading materials, value, and their daily life experiences. 

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 Effects of Language Skills and Strategy Use on Vocabulary Learning Through Lexical Translation and Inferencing

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 975-991
Author(s):  
Alaa Alahmadi ◽  
Anouschka Foltz
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
Vocabulary Size ◽  
Lexical Knowledge ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Dictionary Use

AbstractThis study explores how vocabulary learning strategy usage and skills in the four language domains relate to participants’ increase in vocabulary size and to the learning of specific vocabulary items over a certain period of time. Sixty-one advanced L1 Arabic L2 learners of English read target words in semi-authentic reading materials and were instructed to either guess the meaning from context or consult a dictionary. Pre- and delayed post-tests assessed vocabulary size and knowledge of the target vocabulary items. Results showed that learning through inferencing, but not learning through dictionary use, depended on learners’ familiarity with the particular learning strategy. Additionally, note taking and reading comprehension influenced lexical knowledge and acquisition in complex ways.

scholarly journals Basic reading and reading-related language skills in adults with deficient reading comprehension who read a transparent orthography

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irit Bar-Kochva ◽  
Réka Vágvölgyi ◽  
Thomas Dresler ◽  
Benjamin Nagengast ◽  
Hannes Schröter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Phonological Awareness ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Rapid Naming ◽  
Transparent Orthography ◽  
Reading Accuracy ◽  
Related Language ◽  
Basic Reading Skills ◽  
Text Reading

AbstractThis study set out to examine the basic reading skills (accuracy and fluency in decoding, word and text reading) and some of the reading-related language skills (phonological awareness and rapid-naming) of 54 adults with low reading comprehension, who read the transparent German orthography. Participants were born in Germany and showed a typical non-verbal processing speed. With the exception of reading accuracy, participants were expected to present deficits in all basic reading and reading-related skills. The average performance in measures of decoding and word reading fluency was extremely low. A notable proportion of the sample, however, did not present a deficit in these measures. As expected, the average rate of reading errors was generally low. Nevertheless, text reading accuracy was deficient for one quarter of the sample. Tests addressing the reading-related language skills also indicated an average low performance in phonological awareness, but not in rapid-naming. Here too, a notable variance was observed. These results suggest that deficits in the basic reading skills and in phonological awareness characterise, on average, adults with low reading comprehension. At the same time, significant deficits in reading comprehension in this population do not necessarily imply deficits in the more basic skills of reading as well. In addition, the results indicate that reading accuracy constitutes a source of difficulty for some of these adults, despite the reading of a transparent orthography. The sources for the variance in performance throughout the different reading and reading-related measures remain to be explored.

scholarly journals The Influence of the School Literacy Movement, Reading Interest, and Reading Materials on Reading Comprehension Skill of Class XI Students of MAN Bengkulu City Academic Year 2020/2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 432
Author(s):  
Eryanti Eryanti ◽  
Sudarwan Danim ◽  
Didi Yulistio ◽  
Dian Eka Chandra Wardhana
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Comprehension Skill ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Multiple Regression Technique ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Reading Interest

This study aims to determine the influence of the School Literacy Movement, reading interest, and reading materials on reading comprehension skills. This study uses descriptive method and quantitative approach, and also multiple regression technique. The population in this study amounted to 278 students. The sample is 74 students taken by random sampling. Data collection technique used instruments in the form of questionnaires and tests. The data analysis technique used multiple regression. The results showed that there were (1) significant influence between School Literacy Movement on reading comprehension skill, (2) significant influence of reading interest on reading comprehension skill, (3) significant influence of reading material on reading comprehension skill. Thus, it can be concluded that there is a significant influence of the School Literacy Movement, reading interest, and reading materials simultaneously on reading comprehension skill.

scholarly journals Supplementary English reading material for the eighth-grade students

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Erna Rahayu
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Field Testing ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Start Time ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Time To Learn

The objectives of this research are to develop supplementary reading material for the eighth grade of MTs Negeri 1 Bantul and to reveal the efficacy of the developed additional materials for the eighth grade of MTs Negeri 1 Bantul. The research belongs to the educational Research and Development (R & D). The subjects of the study were the eighth-grade students of MTs Negeri 1 Bantul. The study adapted the R & D model proposed by Borg and Gall (1983). The steps of the study were conducting a needs analysis, designing a course grid, developing the materials, having expert judgment, conducting field testing, revising the elements, and writing the final product. The data were taken from document analysis, observation, and interview. The data were analyzed and described qualitatively. The result of the research showed that (1) the supplementary English reading materials developed based on the need analysis. It was used for determining the objective, indicators, and varied reading tasks and activities of the supplementary materials. The reading tasks were presented in various forms, namely true-false questions, completing sentences, multiple-choice questions, jumbled words, and jumbled sentences that developed based on Three Phase Technique steps. Each Unit consisted of three main parts: “Time to Start, Time to Learn, and Time to Check”. The varied tasks gave the students the opportunity to improve their reading comprehension. In other words, the supplementary English reading material was useful and appropriate to be implemented for the eighth-grade students of MTs Negeri 1 Bantul. (2) The efficacy of the additional English reading materials could be described as the learning process that helped students achieve their needs, to have broad experience in learning the language, to attract the students’ attention and involvement, and to improve student’s reading comprehension. It also provided additional learning sources for the students.

scholarly journals THE EFECTIVENESS OF USING AUTHENTIC READING MATERIALS TOWARD STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION MASTERY

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Diyah Dwi Agustina ◽  
Adelina Anum
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
English Education ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Nahdlatul Ulama

Abstract A difficult reading material has become one of the student problems in comprehending the text. The application of using Authentic Reading Materials is needed for students. This research aims to know the effectiveness of using Authentic Reading Materials towards the students reading comprehension mastery. This experimental research used quantitative method and queasy experimental design. The research conducted at the sixth grade of English Education Department of Nahdlatul Ulama Lampung University which has the population 8 classes. The sample used in this research is 20 students as experimental class and 20 students as control class. The researcher uses purposive sampling as technique sampling. Based on the result of T test  formula, tratio is 4,61 and ttable  is 2,44. It means that tcount > ttable. The result of this research indicates that using Authentic Reading Materials is effective towards the students reading comprehension mastery at the sixth grade of English Education Department of Nahdlatul Ulama Lampung University

scholarly journals Steps for Preparation of Reading Materials Product "Kumpulan Cerpen Emansipasi Wanita” (Collection of Women's Emancipation Short Stories) in Sara’s Perspective and Its Implementation as Reading Material on 10th Grade Students of MAN Insan Cendikia, East Aceh, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-215
Author(s):  
Intan Novita ◽  
Biner Ambarita ◽  
Malan Lubis
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
School Library ◽  
Material Content ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
10Th Grade ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Validation Stage ◽  
Expert Validation

Reading material is one of the tasks that the teacher must do. Reading material that has an attraction for students will motivate students to read the text seriously, which in turn will support the students' reading comprehension. Reading is the most interesting thing among students, moreover reading material is very much needed for students and can add references in the school library. MAN Insan Cendikia, East Aceh does not yet have literary material. Reading material in MAN Insan Cendikia, East Aceh school is only in the form of reading about science not in the form of literature. The material expert validation stage obtained results from these assessments indicating that the feasibility aspects of the material content of reading material products were declared 86.71% with the category "Excellent". The contents are declared feasible because they are in the average value above 75% with the category "Good".

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