EMPHASIZING TEXT STRUCTURE STRATEGY INSTRUCTION TO SCAFFOLD 11TH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

Reading and comprehending an English informational text, always becomes a burdensome activity for Indonesian students. This problem arises not only because of students’ low English language competency, but also insufficient application of traditional reading instruction that teachers teach in regular school. Therefore, this present study has aim to investigate the implementation of Text Structure Strategy as reading instruction to scaffold students’ informational text reading. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the learning process of text structure instruction in this study were conducted in the online learning situation. Researchers employed a qualitative case study design with observation as data collection technique. This study involved 33 participants of 11th-grade students on a class in SMA Negeri 1 Cibitung, West Java, Indonesia. Based on Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis, the result describes that Text Structure Strategy instruction can scaffold learners informational text reading in two main activities, namely introducing the concept of Text Structure Strategy and teaching explicit instruction activity, precisely in modeling and guiding practice.

SOME PROPOSALS IN TEACHING READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT STRUCTURE FOR UPPER – SECONDARY LEVEL TO RESPONSE THE 2018 LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE PROGRAM

Bài viết tiếp cận văn bản thông tin từ góc độ cấu trúc của một văn bản phi hư cấu; qua đó, phân tích yêu cầu đọc hiểu loại văn bản này ở bậc trung học phổ thông trong Chương trình Ngữ văn 2018. Nhằm đảm bảo hành chức xã hội của loại văn bản, một số biện pháp đã được đề xuất như: các thiết kế phần ghi bài văn bản thông tin, mẫu kế hoạch dạy học đọc hiểu văn bản thông tin và các nguyên tắc dạy đọc hiểu văn bản thông tin. Các biện pháp đều được xây dựng trên cơ sở dạy học văn bản thông tin theo đặc trưng thể loại – từ góc độ cấu trúc văn bản, đáp ứng các yêu cầu về đọc hiểu văn bản thông tin ở Chương trình Ngữ văn 2018 – bậc trung học phổ thông.

The Differential Efficacy of a Professional Development Model on Reading Outcomes for Students With and Without Disabilities

This study examined the differential effects of Strategies for Reading Informational Text and Vocabulary Effectively (STRIVE) on the vocabulary, reading comprehension, and content learning among 4,757 fourth-grade students with and without disabilities. Schools were assigned to one of three conditions: researcher-supported professional development (RPD), school-supported professional development (SPD), or business as usual (BAU). Treatment teachers received 12 hr of professional development distributed over time and delivered a set of instructional practices for teaching vocabulary and comprehension embedded within 36 social studies lessons (45 min per lesson). Findings revealed that students with and without disabilities in classes assigned to STRIVE treatment (SPD and RPD) outperformed their peers in classes assigned to the BAU condition at a statistically significant level on measures of content knowledge and content vocabulary and a distal measure of vocabulary. STRIVE did not affect students with disabilities (SWDs) and without disabilities differentially on the measures of content knowledge and distal vocabulary, though effects sizes for non-SWDs in SPD and RPD were larger than those for SWDs.

Survey of the Current Situation of Linguistic Students' Informational Text Competence in Vietnam

This survey studies the current status of the informational text writing competence of Philological Pedagogy students in Vietnam. In order to have a complete and comprehensive view of the literacy competence of Philology Pedagogy students, we have surveyed 366 students of 11 Philology Pedagogy Universities in Vietnam. The survey questions focused on a number of issues such as students' perceptions of informational texts and their role in learning and living, informational writing skills, and awareness of factors affecting informational writing skills, and teaching methods of informational writing skills. This study uses survey methods, analytical - synthesis methods, descriptive methods, etc. The survey results are the basis for us to design teaching methods of informational text writing effectively. At the same time, it is also the basis for us to propose changes in the curriculum for students of Philology Pedagogy, in which it is imperative to focus on testing, assessing writing competence in general, and informational text writing competence in particular.