STUDENTS ATTITUDES

TOWARDS KWL STRATEGY

AND EXTENSIVE READING
 OUTLINE
CONTEXT
DISCUSSION OF ISSUES
INNOVATION
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
METHODOLOGY AND METHODS
ETHICAL ISSUES
RESEARCH TIMEFRAME
POTENTIAL PROBLEMS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
RESEARCH SETTINGS AND CULTURAL
ASPECTS
DISCUSSION OF ISSUES

How to
improve
students
engagement
in READING
LESSONS?
 READING IN LANGUAGE TEACHING

Figure 1: Nuttall's (1996) Cycle of growth

 Literature review
KWL Strategy
KWL Strategy
* KWL also helps teachers keep students interested as they think about what they
want to know and what they have learned
(Sasson, 2008)

*KWL is an instructional scheme that develops active reading of expository texts

by activating learners background knowledge.
(Bos & Vaughn, 2002)
Extensive Reading
Extensive reading
*
* Extensive Reading generally associated with reading large amounts with the aim of
getting an overall understanding of the material. Readers are more concerned with the
meaning of the text than the meaning of individual words or sentences.
(Bamford and Day, 1997)

* The independent reading of a large quantity of material for information or pleasure.

(Renandya, Rajan and Jacobs, 1999)

* Extensive reading entails learners reading as much as possible, for the purpose of
pleasure or information rather than learning particular language features, and is usually
self-selected.
Al-Homoud and Schmitt, 2009, p.383)
 BENEFITS OF THE INNOVATIONS IN
ENGLISH TEACHING AND LEARNING

Activating Ss Shaping Ss
prior reading
knowledge habits

Passive Active
reading reading
 RESEARCH QUESTION

- How do students respond to the implementation

of KWL strategy in reading lessons?

- What are students attitudes towards Extensive

Reading?
 Theoretical framework

Constructivism
The learner is not a passive recipient of knowledge
but that knowledge is constructed by the learner in
some ways.
(Cited in Rowlands, S. and Carson, R., 2001)
METHODOLOGY &
METHODS

OBSERVATION

QUESTIONNAIRE
SEMI-
STRUCTURED
INTERVIEW
Participant observation is defined as either a covert or
overt activity in which the observer play the role of
participant in the daily life of the people who are
studied . . . observing things that happen, listening to
what is said, and questioning people, over some periods
of time (Becker & Geer 1970).

Students
engagement
in reading
lessons
Questionnaire is the easy access to different types
of topics; in other words, it could be used with
various types of participants in different situations
(Dornyei & Taguchi 2009).

Students
attitudes which
will be analyzed
qualitatively and
quantitatively to
seek various
attitudes
Interview is not only a exible tool for data collection,
enabling the use of multi-sensory channels (verbal, non-
verbal, spoken and heard), but also a beneficial device
providing complete response and insightful look about
complex issue to interviewer (Cohen et al. 2007).

- How students
proceed with KWL
strategy and ER
materials
- Challenges and
recommendation
 ETHICAL ISSUES

- Get permission for the Principals, class head

teachers and students parents
- Obtain the informed consent from students
- Not interfere students study
- Keep information about student confidential
and anonymous
 RESEARCH TIMEFRAME
Time Actual tasks Notes
Week 1 - Conducting informed consent
- Asking for permission approval
- Designing reading materials

Week - doing KWL and ER lessons

2, 3, 4 - conducting observation
- collecting observation data

Week 5 - doing KWL and ER lessons
- Piloting questionnaire
- Collecting questionnaire data
- Designing interview questions

Week 6 - doing KWL and ER lessons
- Conducting interviews
- Collecting interview data

Week 7 - Analyzing data

Week 8 - Achieving final results
- Writing report

 Potential problems and
solutions
Problems Solutions

give students more

Students low language freedom to suggest
competence reading materials

Emphasize the benefits of

Students poor background this research which helps
knowledge students improve reading
skill

Students laziness recommend students to

shape the habit of reading
extensively at home
Time constraints (7 weeks)
Teachers enthusiasm
for preparing the
lessons
 CONCLUSION

Utilising ER and KWL strategy are new

tools in teaching English in our context
which is believed to increase students
engagement in reading class

The results will benefit students as well

as teachers

The need of long-term research

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