Investigating Teachers’ Strategies in Teaching Reading Comprehension
Keywords:
Descriptive text, message of the text, reading comprehension, teachers’ strategiesAbstract
The teaching of reading has played an important role in the second language learning process. It is an academic asset in both language learning. Mastery in reading tends to create a positive impact on the learning of other related skills such as information processing, vocabulary, and language structure. Comprehension skills are vital in learning to read in the classroom. While reading, the reader should understand the meaning of the text. In other words, readers must be able to comprehend the information presented in the text. Therefore, reading comprehension skills are important in the learning process as they involve understanding text in the form of writing, message communication, ideas of the content, and more. As the reader engages with the text, he or she must be able to interpret and respond appropriately. Therefore, teachers must concentrate on building students' reading comprehension skills. The appropriate strategies that teachers demonstrate while teaching reading comprehension are essential. The purpose of this study was to describe the teachers' strategies in teaching reading comprehension for the descriptive text of the eighth-grade students. This study employed a qualitative case study research design. Five teachers participated in the study. Observation and interviews were used as instruments to collect data. The results of this study showed that teachers used various strategies for teaching reading comprehension. These strategies include asking questions before reading, asking questions after reading, encouraging students to retell and summarize the text, and asking for the main idea of the text. These strategies are applied by the teachers to help students better understand the message of the text.
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