For reading presentation, group A focused on narrative text. Yet, they didn’t give clear activity in the engagement stage. There were some suggestions given to this group. Group B also chose narrative text.
Different from group A, the teacher in group B started the class by telling a story. In this stage, the students listened. After the teacher finished the story, he asked some questions and the students answered them. Then he went to the core of the material. Something interesting was the teacher used comic strip.
Group D started the class by reviewing all kind of genre. Then, they focused on narrative text. This group used a kind of game for evaluation, but the purpose of the game was not clear.
Some students think reading lesson is a boring class. Yet, if it is presented in an interesting way, reading will be a fun activity for everybody just like what group B had presented.
Here’s the review of how to teach reading:
Reading involves looking at sentences and words, recognizing them and understanding them (a process of making sense of written language)
So, the main way to learn reading is by reading
The purposes of reading are among others:
• Something to find out
• Information to check/clarify
• Opinion to match
We do not usually begin reading with a completely empty mind
• We have some idea of what we are going to read about
• We will usually have certain questions in our mind (things we want to know)
• We may also be able to make a number of predictions or guesses (things we expect to find out about)
In real life we do not normally read because we have to but because we want to
In English classes the students read a text not because they want to but because the teacher tells them to
• It is the teacher’s task to help them to read
• It is important to give the students some reason for reading
The purpose of using a reading text
• To develop reading comprehension skills
• To present new words and structure
• To practice a language
Activities before reading
1. Presenting some of new words which will appear in the text
• Only the words which would make it difficult to understand the text need to be presented
• It is quite possible to understand a text without understanding every word
• Asking students to guess the meaning of new words from the context help them to focus attention to them
2. Giving a brief introduction to the text (the topic)
• To give students some idea what to expect
• To increase students’ interest
• To make the students want to read the text
3. Giving one or two guiding questions
• To give students reason to read by giving them something to look for
• To lead students towards the main points of the text
Checking reading comprehension
• It is best to ask a series of short, simple questions which help to break down the meaning of the text and make it easier to understand
• Even if the textbook contains good comprehension questions, it is a good idea for the teacher to ask his/her own questions
• The questions should not be used simply to test the students, but to lead them towards an understanding of the text.
If you want to know further how to teach reading, one best way is through reading…
14 comments:
assalamualaikum...
i am dwi anggary from class A.
i want to share with you maam.
in this meeting, i was happy because i got a reward. but, my goal to ask the group, because i wanted to know. not just to get a sticker. and when asep answered my question, i focused to my question on the table, because i felt my question and his answer not suitable. but, all my friends maybe considered that i did not focus to asep when he answer my question. and when hesti added asep's question, i listened her question, although i did not looked at her. and why i just said 'thank you' when hesti have finished her answer because i thought maybe just that her opinion. because, my question was 'according to your group, what the purpose learning narrative text for the student?' so, why did all of my friends laughed at me when i said 'thank you'? they considered i did not listened her? i listened her, and i agree with that statement. if the other did not agree, and felt it wrong answer they could added the answer. i was mad, maam, when all of my friends laughed at me. i was not kidding at that time. sometimes, be an object of ridicule made me down.
Ass.wr.wb.
my name is lucy fransisca from class A.
In this reading session. I saw peny as a teacher didnt nervous but little fierce. I felt the exercise that she gave difficult and the pictures that she gave not clear, so I can not do the exercise quickly. I want to ask you what the best ways to understand the contain of paragraph, Wheater we must translate word per word or copying the main of the text??
thanks maam...
wassalam wr,wb
Assalamu alaikum all ... good evening :-)
I m going to ask some questions about reading especially in the Genre of text/text types.
1. why are there many various text types taught in school at this moment? when i was in both junior and senior high school, i did not get some texts like spoof, recount, report, etc.
2. Is there any possibility to have more text types?
Thanks a lot for reading & answering.
Dewi
VI A
(dwi agustin from groupA)
nite mam...
I'm not join on friday, because i'm not well at day...eventhough i didn't join at class but all of information about teaching reading from youre blog very usefull to everyone,especially for me...thank you very much mam...
Assalamualiakum wr. wb....
my name is wia tatistika from class B. I have read your comment about teaching reading in my class. thank you for comment mam, i hope that we can be better for the next presentation.
assm. maam..
I'm Rissa from 6A.
in reading class i think the teacher looked so nervous because she always repeated what she said and not focus to the student. I felt difficult when she asked me to memorized the story. but i felt interested when we had to arrange the jumble pictures in pairs, it was so fun.
maybe that's all maam.. thank you
Assalamualaikum....
I would like to say sorry mam because yesterday I sent you incorrect comment. I supposed to send you a comment for teaching reading but I write it on teaching speaking comment. I hope you will understand my fault....
Now I would like to comment teaching speaking here, I hope you do not angry to me...
ok, I personaly think that the persentation of teaching speaking was good enough but it would be better if the teacher tryed to perform her teaching naturaly, without brought a teaching script while she taught in front of the class because it would make her students feel boring with her teaching, she showed her weakness in front of her students. Beside that, it would make her feel nervouse if she focused on her teaching script. However, a teacher should be creative in useing a language in order she can cover her weakness in front of the students....
I hope she can improve the way she teach the students and try to be more confident...because I know nothing impossible in the world as long as we do our best in doing something. One thing Mam, I always remember a famouse advice which says "Where there is a will there is a way" so, do not ever, ever give up until you get what you want...
Thank you Mam :-) smile....wo
Assalamualaikum....
Morning maam...i'm Ruri andarini from class A. I would like to share you about teaching reading last week. i agree with the statement that" is not reading if we don't understand with what we read". Because i think if we read something we have to understand our reading..if we read but we don't understand what we read is not reading,but it just looking of the text.
May be just it from me...maam.
Thank for the attention.
Wassalam,,,
Assalamualaikum,,
Good morning. I'm tb from class B. I want to give my comment for teaching writing, but I don't know where should I put my comment. Where's the blog for teaching writing??
Dear students,
Thank you for your comments.
Anggy, don't be upset. I understand how you feel. Sometimes other people do not understand what we feel. Instead, they mock us. So, don't worry. Yet, you need to remember that my job is to correct you.
Lucy, to understand a text, you don't have to know every word in the text.
Dewi, the text genre applied in Indonesia was brought from Australia.
Yes, Titi, I also believe that if there's a will there's a way.
TB, you 'enter' the wrong
'room'.
Thank you for you all.
Atti
asalamualaikum...
I want to share about teaching reading, sometimes the situation I felt bored but I saw TB Ismail as good teacher because his presentation used the picture to teaching aids. he has give motivation to students to active in class. after Miss Atti explain about teaching reading there are many ways to teach
reading, I want to try it..
siti sofiah/031104038
Assalamualaikum....
i always get something new. about theory, trick and anything i need in teaching. especially when you compare the group who had performed. that very helpful. we can know our deficiency. what should we improve in next performance and real teaching performance.
Tq
@ teh dewi!
i think we get the text like that.but that is not exposed. the genre is not written on the syllabus or in the content of the book.
that is why we didn't realize about the gangre of the text.
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