Part 2

International Journal of Text-Selection for Teaching Reading to ESL Tertiary Students: A Study on Genre and Content Preferences

Hallooooooooo.....

Welcome back to my blog, everyone^^

How are you today? I hope you’re always fine and happy^^

Today, I wanna continue about the previous discussion about this journal. If in the last blog I tell you about the part of title, abstrac and introduction, so for today I will share you about the content of statement of problem until review of literature. Keep stay tune guys^^

Part 4 : Statement of the Problem

Actually, this part included to the introduction part. In this part, tell us about the problem that will discuss in the journal. Let me tell you about the problem from this journal^^

As I tell you before, that this research take place of Malaysian students, especially in UiTM Kedah. In there, the ESL reading courses stress in the final result of reading. It focuses on the learner’s ability when they are answer the question after they read. They think, this process so monotonous and not stimulating. It happens, because the lecturers too depend on textbooks and manuals. They also feel that most English language textbook have some weakness for them. For example, some contents and arrangements of a textbook may not suit the interests, needs, or expectations of the students. Moreover, the textbook also are too inflexibel to be used directly as instructional materials. Other than that, some textbooks may be inauthentic, unpleasant, or too tightly, so it makes the students bored and have low motivation to read. Finally, the learners have difficulties of the text. Therefore, to make the ESL tertiary students enjoy the reading course, the lecturers can bring the other L2 (second languange) reading texts to support the material in the classroom.

In this part, there are also the objectives of the study and the research questions. The objectives of the study tell us about the purpose of making the journal. There are two purpose in this part, the first one is to find out the preferred reading genre among ESL tertiary learners in UiTM Kedah for text selection, and the second one is to find out preferred reading content among ESL tertiary learners in UiTM Kedah for text selection. For the research questions, there are also two questions that are about what the genre preferences of the ESL tertiary learners in UiTM Kedah and about what the content preferences of the ESL tertiary learners in UiTM Kedah.

Part 5 : Review of Literature

This part must focus on previous research according to the topics we set and or on theoretical backgrounds that relevant to the study. In this journal, this part tell us about the theory that the author used in the journal, that is the schema theory. The researchers are also exploring on the learners’ reading preferences on the genre and content of the text.

Using the Schema Theory as the Process of Text-Selection

The researchers believe that schema theory plays an important influence in this study. The schema theory focus that a text doesn’t only carry the meaning but also the reader brings the information, knowledge, emotions, experience, and culture to the texts. So, when the teachers select reading text to teach in the classroom, it must based on student’s interest in order to the students keep connected to the text. Schema means that an active organization of past reactions or experiences. The schema theory also focus that comprehending a text is an interactive process between the student’s knowledge with the material. So, the students may be able to achieve efficient comprehension by relating it.

Capitalising on Learners’ Preferences

Genre

Genre is text types. There are some variety of genre categories that can be students prefer to read in the classroom: academic articles and essays, novels, short stories, non-fiction (such as biographies, history, travel, and popular science), poetry, newspapers and newsmagazines, magazines, cook books, manuals, comic books, websites, and blogs. So, the teachers can select from the various genre make the learners to love reading.

Content

Content is subject matter. The researchers believe that the most important thing in selecting reading materials for the learners is the suitability of the content, it means that the reading texts should interest the readers. Moreover, the reading materials must be a good fit for the teachers, learners, and curriculum which are important and appropriate to the particular context. The most significant factors in the reading selection process are related to the students, such as the student’s level, interests, needs, and background knowledge.

So, this is the model of the study:

I think that’s enough for today. I will share you for the other parts next week. I’m sorry if there are soo many mistakes.

See you laterrrrrrrrrr^^