Monday 1 May 2017

CAR 10: Teaching Strategic Reading

Citation
Janzen, Joy. (n.d.). Teaching Strategic Reading. Methodology in Language Teaching, 287-294. New York: Cambridge University Press. 
Summary
In this article, Janzen was using a global teaching approach; the transactional teaching approach. She asked her students of EFL class to focus on one text in a semester. She did some  general strategy discussions both in large or small group discussion. In this case, in making the students understood about the strategies taught, she became the model for the strategic reading activity before asking the students to do the reading activity. She then asked her students to read the text chosen and to make a chart about what they had learn and what strategies they used during their reading. The charts then being analyzed in a group discussion in the class. In this occasion, she asked the students to understand the others’ strategy. In this semester, she gave two types of homework for the students. The first, I call it as class-reading homework because in this homework she asked the students to read in the class. They were predicting, noting questions, describe strategies used, and summarizing the text. The second type is the extensive reading. The students were asked to read outside the classroom and were asked to make the same charts. The result is that the students are able to think and read aloud, identify their own and the others’ strategies used, and they realized that strategy training helps them to understand their reading process better. 

Implication
In teaching, we should be good model for our students. Not only asking them to do something, but also give them examples and explanations about how to do it and why they have to do it. The types of homework here are also suitable to be applied in Indonesian school; however, the teachers also should be aware of the students motivation in doing these types of homework.