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Article Title : Using Web-Based Resources in Reading Comprehension in a Rural Primary School

Author : Mohamad Jafre Bin Zainol Abidin, Joyce Low Soong Ping & Premadevi Raman

Publisher : Malaysian Journal of ELT Research

Date Published: 2012 Number of Pages : 34 pages

Genre : Research Article

• Why did you decide to read this article ?

I decide read this article,because I’m interesting with the title.

• Were you glad that you decide to read it ?? Explain.

Yes,I was. Because this article tells about to motivate students in reading comprehension Using Web-Based Resources in a Rural Primary School.

• What did you like best about this article ??

I like best about Web- based Resources and Reading.

• What did you like least??

I think least in this article about the result in observation. It can be complicated and confused.

• Would you recommend this article to a friend?? Explain.

I would recommend this article to my friend,because this article tells many information and knowledge about Use Web-Based Resources in Reading Comprehension.

• On a scale of 1-10 , how difficult was this book for you? (1= easy,10=difficult) why??

Scale of difficult in this article is 6.Because there are some parts of this article that make I can’t understand well.

ARTICLE REPORT

Summary

This article tells how to motivate students on reading comprehension using web-based resources. the aim is to find the response of students using web-based resources in reading comprehension. in this article uses a qualitative method was employed through observations and focus group interviews.There were 145 students studying in this school and all of them were Malays. The study focuses on a Year 5 class. Thirty of them were selected as samples for classroom observations. There were thirty students in the class and they were of mixed abilities in terms of language. observation of data were collected using the observation forms.For the focus group interviews, fifteen students and is divided into three categori; good, average and poor based on their previous final exam English language result, each group consisting of 5 members. in the data has resopnses the interview topics of web -based texts; Responses towards the use of web-based texts as a medium in reading comprehension, responses towards the lessons, Responses towards the topics of web-based texts.The results show that students are motivated by the use of web-based resources in Reading Comprehension, and ESL teacher should make-use of such resources to teach reading skills of the student.