Utilizing Reciprocal Strategies to Improve Non English Majored Students’ Reading Comprehension

The research aims to make an overview introduction of reciprocal teaching and examine the effects of this teaching technique on improving non English majored students' reading comprehension at UNETI. The research employed a quasi experimental design with mixed methodology approach. SPSS 22 statistic technique of independent t test and paired sample t test was applied to process and analyze the quantitative data. The significance value was measured at 0,365 which is higher than the level of significance 0,05 . This proved that there was a significant effect of using RT strategy on students' reading comprehension. Besides, qualitative methodology was applied in order for the researchers to get deeper understanding on participants' performance and attitudes towards reciprocal teaching in reading class. With data collection tools as journals and focus group interview, textual data was gathered, analyzed and crosschecked to evaluate the validity and reliability of the research. The findings demonstrated that participants are impacted positively with reciprocal teaching instruction. In the light of the present study, the students reported that they found the reading lessons more interesting and exciting. Besides, the students were motivated to interact in class to discuss the target passage. Hence, they felt more confident and responsible for their own study. Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha | Vu Viet Phuong | Do Thi Tieu Yen "Utilizing Reciprocal Strategies to Improve Non- English Majored Students' Reading Comprehension" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-2 , February 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38601.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/38601/utilizing-reciprocal-strategies-to-improve-non-english-majored-students'-reading-comprehension/nguyen-thi-thanh-ha