This article showed an investigation on the effect of teaching cultural content on Iranian intermediate English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ reading comprehension. To this end, 60 intermediate EFL learners from Shokouh Institute in Motelqu, Mazandaran, Iran were selected randomly and assigned to two groups, namely the control group and experimental group; 30 participants in each gro…
This article shows the effectiveness of using metacognitive strategies toward Students’ Reading Comprehension on 2nd year at the Eurasian National University who was taught English as foreign language. The methodology used for this research is Experimental study and includes three stages : preparation, active work, and analysis. As a result, the metacognition which means thinking beyond think…
HOTS become the standard of education nowadays. Teachers have already tried many ways to improve students’ HOTS in 4 English Skills (Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking). Especially for Receptive Skills like Reading and Listening, students should be able to reach HOTS. Reading comprehension in English for Foreign Language students moreover in Indonesia is considered to be the most compl…
Reading motivation and engagement contribute to reading achievement across grade levels and cultures, but many students find them difficult to reach. Reading comprehension can be successfully achieved by requiring complex cognitive skills and of course motivation to make the text meaningful. To promote motivation in the classroom, they can start with the elements of SMILE (Sharing, me, importan…
Reading comprehension in English for Foreign Language students moreover in Indonesia is considered to be the most complicated skills but at the same time it is the single most important fundamental since it is one of receptive. However, in Thailand, English language learning, especially in reading skill, even though it is the country of English become Second Language, seems to be the big proble…
This article explores the result of implementing GIST Strategy toward Senior High School students in comprehending reading text. The data was taken in one of Senior High School in Tuban from eleventh grader consisting thirty six students (15 males and 21 females). It was collected through observation and students’ achievement in reading text. The result showed that the implementation of GIST …