Institusion
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author
Norman Bagas, Kuncoro
KHOIRIYAH, KHOIRIYAH
WICAKSONO, AGUNG
Subject
531 English literature (and language)
Datestamp
2023-02-25 12:56:29
Abstract :
Reading is essential because every activity in the classroom always has a relationship with reading. By doing reading, students can get the idea of the writer. Reading comprehension is the ability of someone to understand the meaning that he/she has read previously. When students want to have a good reading ability, they should concentrate on reading the text. However, most students encounter some problems in understanding the text. They have difficulties finding the topic, main idea of the text, and how they can enjoy reading a text. Knowing these problems, the teacher should find the appropriate teaching technique to teach the students' reading comprehension. Thus, they will quickly get the information they read, creating a festive atmosphere in the class. One of those teaching techniques is summarizing teaching technique in teaching reading. Summarizing is applied by the teachers in the classroom to understand students who are still weak in understanding a foreign language and especially reading. The following are the steps that can be applied in summarizing techniques are, Prepare the students to start learning, Have students read the main point, Help students group the main point of the subject in the text, Show students how to turn these main points into a good summary. With the final result of the student's understanding, points are collected to conclude.