This study is aimed at exploring teachers' techniques in teaching reading comprehension at one senior high school in Bandung Barat and investigating exploring the problems that the teachers encountered in teaching reading. This study employed a case study research design which used two data collection, observation and questionnaire. Two English teachers were purposively selected to participate in this research. Then, they were analyzed and reported descriptively. After being analyzed, the data revealed that the respondents used the teaching reading comprehension techniques in three reading stages: prereading, while-reading, and post-reading stages. In pre-reading stage, they applied Previewing technique and Vocabulary Instruction Technique; Pre-Reading Questions and Brainstorming Technique and discussing text type. Then, in while reading stage, they used Question-Answering Techniques, Vocabulary Instruction Technique, Recitation and Reading aloud. In post-reading stage, they conducted reviewing technique and follow up strategy. The data also indicated that in teaching reading comprehension, there were four problems encountered by the respondents in teaching reading: lack of students' vocabulary mastery, lack of motivation in reading, students were not used to read a lot on a regular basis and teaching time allocation. With reference to the findings, it is recommended for English teacher to select appropriate technique in teaching reading which is relevant to the students' needs. In addition, the teachers also are expected to improve their ability in teaching practice. It can be done through joining some trainings and workshops about techniques in teaching, reading a lot of sources, and sharing information with others teachers.
This research was a pilot study which intended to develop Task based learning materials model for the Translation course. The study employed Research and Development. The research procedure of this study was adapted from Borg and Gall (1983). There are only three out of ten steps were employed: research and information collecting, planning, and developing preliminary form of product. The respondents of this research were two lecturers and third-semester students of the English education study program in a university in Cimahi. The data was taken from questionnaire and interviews. The research findings show that (1) from the analysis result, most of respondents wanted the learning materials that suits their need and interest. Thus, the pilot product covered eight topics such as translation process, a good translation, translation method, idiomatic translation, figurative language, simile and metaphor, direct technique and indirect technique; (2) the design used task-based learning model and was made based on three sessions namely pre-task, task cycle and language focus; (3) The translation material in pre activity consists of brainstorming and introducing the topics. While, translation materials in task cycle involves translating various sources such as newspaper, novel, poem, song lyric, film review and abstract. The last, teaching materials in language focus deal with grammar session. Since this research is pilot study, thus, the results need to be validated by expert judgement. Furthermore, it is recommended to apply the product in the real class.
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