Implementing Choral

Reading Method to
Improve Reading
Comprehension

Lenny Ita (2004410003)

 Background

1 Reading 2

Siregar
Brassel in Lubis (2019)
(2019) Reading as the process of
Reading refers to the ability receiving and interpreting
to comprehend or make information encoded in
meaning from the written language form via the
text medium of print
 The Concept of Reading Comprehension

Experts by : 3
2 NcNamara in Nur
1 (2017)
NcNamara in Muslaini
Stated that
(2017)
Iskandar comprehension refers
(2017) Reading comprehension to the ability to go
strategy is learning are beyond the words, to
learning reading understand the ideas
the way in which teachers
comprehension is the transfer, information, and the relationships
process of of students to experience and cognitive between ideas
understand in gaining process to their students conveyed in a text.
infomation of the text.
 Problems Related to the Teaching of Reading
Comprehension

1. Acorrding Walipah,Sofandi,Sujana (2020) the habit of Indonesians who

are not willing to read books, novels, and newspapers makes it difficult
for them to grasp the main idea, comprehend the text, and recognize
the contents of texts.
2. Acorrding Asmin (2020) Students in Indonesian schools tend to be
passive in communication when it comes to teaching and
learning.
 Choral Reading Technique
Based of :

Fontichiaro in Haynes in Hasbrouck in

Yulianto (2019) Lestari (2017) Suharfinna (2017)
Choral reading is This practice also helps Stated choral reading is
collaborative and collective students improve their reading aloud in unison
in nature and allows active sight vocabulary and with a whole class or
students to talk while develop oral language skills group of students
learning
The Procedure Implementing Choral Reading Method in Reading Comprehension

Step by step

Reader previews part of text, the students guess what

01 Teacher the passage about.

Reads the paragraph aloud, first alone, then with the

02 Teacher pupils joining in

The teacher mutes her voice and lets the pupils to

03 Students read the chapter aloud.

Students were instructed to recount the material and

respond to comprehension questions. During this
04 Students practice, students should read as a group as soon as
possible without speed-reading.

The instructor should pair up pupils to read the

05 Students
 Choral Reading Method

Disadventages Adventages

• • Practice Speaking
The teacher cannot
• Increasing visual vocabulary.
watch the children • comprehending rhythm, meter,
individually. patterns, rhymes, and
characters
• No one knows if the • Assisting students in learning
to decode
pupil reads
incorrectly.
 Conclusion

Apply choral reading methods to improve reading comprehension by

overcoming various challenges. The research discussed highlights the positive
impact of choral on reading comprehension, engagement, collaboration,
teacher-student interaction, adaptability, authentic language use, and
assessment. Choral reading offers a dynamic and interactive learning
environment that enhances learners' reading comprehension, motivation, and
cultural competence. Further research and exploration is needed to fully
understand Doral's potential in transforming ELT and to identify best practices
for its effective implementation.