An Analysis of the Competency Reading and Thinking Skills in Grade VIII English Textbook

Baig, Sana; Siddiquah, Aishah; Javed, Fareeha

doi:10.31703/gssr.2020(v-i).24

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“…Reading competency is also well known as the students' ability for comprehending the meaning and the rhetorical steps in the written text, by which it covers with finding out the main idea, specific information, word meaning and textual reference (Baig et al, 2020;Khairuddiniyah, 2018). Someone is capable in achieving the reading competency, if they are able to master four reading indicators, namely: main idea, specific information, word meaning and textual reference (Gheytasi et al, 2015;Khofifah & Ramadan, 2021).…”

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A Study of the Students’ Reading Competency in the Junior High School Based on the 2013 Curriculum

Yasa¹

2023

IJLL

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Students’ reading abilities were below of minimum mastery criteria. This study was conducted to describe and analyze the students’ reading competency at junior high school level. The significance was to design and develop reading modular instructions with explicit reading strategies. This study was designed quantitatively. The students’ reading competency was measured quantitatively using a reading competency test. The test consisted of 25 multiple choice items with four options. The obtained data were analyzed quantitatively in two steps, namely: descriptive and inferential analysis. The mean scores of the students’ reading competency based on the reading indicators. The research findings were the mean score of the students’ reading competency in class D was 63.20 and in class H was 36.80. The range score between class D and H was same for descriptive text. However, for recount text, the score in class D was larger than class H. Comparing to class H, the score variability in class D was larger for descriptive text and lower for recount text. The EFL teachers are suggested to use the appropriate reading strategies and materials which can encourage the students for following fun reading activity in the classroom.

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A Study of the Students’ Reading Competency in the Junior High School Based on the 2013 Curriculum

Yasa¹

2023

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“…The findings revealed that the syllabus focused only on developing the writing skills and did not demonstrate different techniques for handling compositions. Baig et al (2020) conducted a research on the same textbook understudy. The framework of the research was the reading and thinking skills competency of the Pakistani English Curriculum (Government of Pakistan, 2006).…”

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“…Baig et al (2020) conducted a research on the same textbook understudy. The framework of the research was the reading and thinking skills competency of the Pakistani English Curriculum (Government of Pakistan, 2006).…”

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A Content Analysis of English Textbook of Punjab Textbook Board of Grade 8 in Pakistan

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The present study analyzes the English textbook of Grade 8 published by Punjab Textbook Board in Pakistan in the light of student learning outcomes (SLOs) of four competencies: reading and thinking skills, writing skills, oral communication skills, and formal and lexical aspects of language of the latest English curriculum in Pakistan. Competency (C), standards (S), benchmarks (B), and SLOs are the parameters given in the National Curriculum. A semi-structured checklist was developed by the researchers, validated by three experts from the relevant field, and improved in the light of experts’ opinion and pilot study findings. To evaluate the textbook competencies and their SLOs, the evidence was sought from the textbook, and remarks were given in the last column (remarks/analysis) of the checklist. The results revealed that the textbook understudy focuses on reading comprehension only. There is thus a dire need to incorporate thinking skills, writing skills, oral/aural communication skills, and formal and lexical aspects of language in the textbook.

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“…There are several previous studies that analysed reading activities in English textbooks. One of the researchers analyse the Grade VIII English textbook of Punjab Textbook Board against one of the five competencies, the Reading and Thinking skills and identifying the satisfaction level of Grade 8 students with their textbook for the fulfilment of this competency (Baig et al, 2020). The results of content analysis and students' survey showed that the textbook partly meets the requirements related to the selected competency.…”

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Reading-Related Activities in English Textbook for Grade 7th Junior High School and How Teacher Exploited Texts in the Classroom

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Wahyuni

2023

JPAI

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The use of textbook in the reading class is one of the efforts that can be done by teachers in helping students to improve their abilities, namely by applying reading-related activities contained in the textbooks to the learning process in the classroom. This study aims at analyzing reading-related activities that are available in English textbook entitled “Effective English; Bahasa Inggris untuk SMP/MTs Kelas VII” was used for 7th Grade students and describing how the reading texts were exploited by the English teacher in the classroom. This study employed a qualitative descriptive research design. The subjects of this study were seventh grade students and an English teacher at Junior High School. Data were collected through document analysis, class observations, and interviews. The data in this study were analyzed through the data analysis procedures which include data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of this study indicate that there are only a few reading-related activities in the English textbook entitled, namely lexical items and questioning activity. Meanwhile, the teacher’s strategies in exploiting the reading texts were also limited as the teacher closely used reading-related activities available in the textbook. This study was limited in time, number of subjects, and data sources so that further research is suggested for more generalizable findings.

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An Analysis of the Competency Reading and Thinking Skills in Grade VIII English Textbook

Cited by 6 publications

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A Study of the Students’ Reading Competency in the Junior High School Based on the 2013 Curriculum

A Study of the Students’ Reading Competency in the Junior High School Based on the 2013 Curriculum

A Content Analysis of English Textbook of Punjab Textbook Board of Grade 8 in Pakistan

Reading-Related Activities in English Textbook for Grade 7th Junior High School and How Teacher Exploited Texts in the Classroom

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