TEACHING READING TO YOUNG LEARNERS THROUGH VISUALIZATION STRATEGY

Assalamu’alaikum wr wb

     Hello guys welcome back to my blog, in this special time i will give you a review of the second journal, the title is TEACHING READING TO YOUNG LEARNERS THROUGH  VISUALIZATION STRATEGY.  The writter of this journal is Puspa Dewi from Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo Indonesia. So happy reading guys.

The difference between the first journal and the second journal

      In the first journal containing gaps that show the efficacy of SRS integration in EFL reading classes for formative assessment when supported by teacher interaction techniques and utilization of peer interactions. Relying on quasi-experimental design, the results show that SRS Plickers integrated classes can provide an interactive digital learning environment and active learning opportunities, especially when combined with peer interaction techniques. It also increases the involvement of Korean EFL students with content while supporting the development of understanding reading skills. Whereas in the second journal, it contains the teaching of reading to young students through effective visualization or not for middle school students. Which is where visualization is one of the strategies in teaching reading. This means that the ability to make visual representations in students' minds while reading. In this strategy, students learn to draw images in their minds to help understanding and memory. The language development stage of young students between the ages of 8 and 12 is displayed in concrete operations. The meaning is logical but depends on concrete references. Creating mental images helps students to improve understanding of ideas in written text. This helps students to transform words into higher level concepts, and increases student focus, attention to detail and independent reading skills. The teacher can make students work in pairs and allow them to work on the text together from various subjects.

The review

Introduction

      The researcher in the introduction tells reading is one of the skills in language proficiency for the students to master as the requirements for sharing information and enrich their knowledge. Which one the characteristics of young learners. They are: children love playing, children talk about here and now‘, and children understand and retain the meaning better when they have seen some objects associated with it. For this reason, the teacher should expose the students to real life situation; when this is not impossible, the visual aid can serve as a useful substitute, as pictures and their images are more vivid than words. Thus, in teaching and learning process pictures should be an integral part of every teacher‘s professional equipment (Ernestova in Fauziati, 2001, p. 93).

     There are some teaching techniques which teacher can practice in reading class using visualization strategy. The first is called starting small. Teacher can choose to start with a short passage taken from a text or from teacher‘ own creation to begin a series of lesson that will focus on improving visualization skills.

     The second is group activities. Teacher can make students to work on their visualizing skills as a whole class or in small groups. One way to challenge them is to read a picture book aloud, sharing only portions of the illustrations. Then ask students to create their own illustrations based on the text they heard. 

     The third is independent reading. Students can also practice their visualization skills as a follow up to independent reading. The teacher can ask young students who keep track of their reading in reading logs or journals to respond to prompts regarding the images created by the text they read.

Keywords: teaching, reading, young learners, visualization

Methodology

    The research in this methodology use  experimental with pre-test post-test design. In collecting the data, the researcher gives reading test in multiple choice form and fill-in-the blank form. The technique of analyzing the data are descriptive and inferential analysis (mean, median, mode, and standard deviation) and t-test is used to test the hypothesis.

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