Journal review (3) : Methodology

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On the previous blog, I explained the review of the journal by Kee Li Li and Ngo Pei Wen with the title: The Use of Story Map in Improving the Year Four Pupils’ Ability in Reading Comprehension. This time, I will still discuss it. Specifically discussing about the methodology of the journal. Enjoy your reading..

The methodology in the journal The Use of Story Map in Improving the Year Four Pupils’ Ability in Reading Comprehension includes the following :

The first is Research Design. Researchers conducted the action research on reading comprehension and motivate students in reading lessons, with the aim to find the causes of problem in the teaching and learning process and then looking for problem solving. The researcher applied story map to his research for four weeks. Beginning with pre-reading comprehension tests, which students were introduced to vocabulary before. Furthermore, the teacher gives students narrative texts and explain that text to provide understandable input, then a question and answer session is conducted to measure how far students understand the narrative text. After that the teacher introduces, explains and demonstrates the use of story maps to students, so that they can understand the task given. The story map contains literary elements which include characters, settings, events, moral values, problems, and resolutions based on text. Afterwards students are given a worksheet in the form of a post-reading comprehension test and directed to answer questions individually based on the text being taught. It aims to examine students' understanding of the text after the use of story maps.

The second is Participants. Every student has different English skills, some of them have less interest and motivation to teach English. They consider English is difficult to learn, this is caused by their first language is not English. The Most of students prefer to kinesthetic learning styles. They like to move and do activities directly rather than listening and reading from textbooks.

The third is Data Collection Methods and Instruments. There are three Data Collection Methods and Instruments in this journal, including : a) Pre-reading comprehension test and post-reading comprehension test, b) Pupils’ work, c) Reflective Journal.

The last is Technique of Data Analysis. There are two data analysis techniques that used in this journal, including: The first is qualitative data, a combination of pre-reading data comprehension tests and post-reading comprehension tests into diagrams and tables. The second is quantitative data, the results of interpreting reflective journals and student work results.

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