Abstract
The purpose of this study are to investigate the effect of Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) on the reading comprehension of ESL secondary school students through online teaching and to find out the ESL secondary school students’ perceptions of the Collaborative Strategic Reading approach in online teaching. Ten secondary school students in Malaysia participated in this study. This study adopted an experimental design which is pre-test and post-test with a control group and an interview. In the experimental group, the students were taught using CSR while the students in the control group were taught in the traditional way. The result indicated that CSR had a positive effect on ESL secondary school students’ reading comprehension. However, the statistical analysis did not show that CSR significantly improve reading comprehension of the students compared with the traditional teacher-centered approach. The results of interview further proved that all students held a positive attitude towards CSR approach. Some suggestions for future research to further validate the effectiveness of CSR are also provided.
Highlights
Online learning and teaching is a kind of distance learning which encompasses a wide range of technology applications
The findings suggested that Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) positively affected the experimental group learners' reading comprehension and vocabulary acquisition
Students were asked six questions designed to know how they felt about CSR in learning reading and their thoughts on using CSR in reading class
Summary
Online learning and teaching is a kind of distance learning which encompasses a wide range of technology applications. It includes several learning processes such as computer-based learning, virtual learning, web-based learning and digital collaborations. Reading is one of the important language skills which leads to students’ social, personal, and professional development (Khonamri & Karimabadi, 2015). According to Alqarnin (2015); Khonamri & Karimabadi (2015), reading is not an easy but a complex process that requires the readers to know and comprehend the words and sentence pattern. Readers need to be trained with certain types of skills and abilities to learn, comprehend, and react to the reading successfully. Readers need to be trained with certain types of skills and abilities to learn, comprehend, and react to the reading successfully. Alamin & Ahmed (2014) stated that poor learning will lead
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