The implementation of Reading to Learn for the Southern Thailand pre-service teachers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21240677 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Monaliza Hernandez Mamac (0000-0003-4622-6657, Prince of Songkla University), Lungguh A Bangga (0000-0002-1044-572X, The University of Sydney) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 84-98 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2301-9468 • E-ISSN: 2502-6747 |
| Publisher | Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17509/ijal.v13i1.58258 |
| OpenAlex | W4385215551 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
For English as a Foreign Language learners, writing is often considered a difficult skill to grasp with. Studies show that both EFL learners and teachers face similar challenges in developing EFL writing ability. This includes inadequate exposure to English, class size, insufficient knowledge of how language works in context, and mother tongue interferences which are believed to be the major challenges for both learners and teachers. This paper reports on an action research project aiming to identify the overall development of pre-service teachers’ skills in writing discussion texts and explore how the Reading to Learn (R2L) intervention helps these teachers develop their control over the target genre. Under the R2L approach, thirty (30) second-year teachers majoring in English language teaching at the Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus involved in the study. Results of the study suggest that the teachers writing skill gap was relatively neutralised after the intervention. In addition, the development of the pre-service teachers’ control over the target genre and language features is evident in text analysis. Upon the intervention, it is found that the teachers developed better control of the features of the discussion genre. Specifically, they developed their control over the stages, phases, appraisal resources, and periodicity which are crucial to establishing well-presented rhetorical features of a discussion text. In relation to the results, some recommendations are proposed for further research, including applying R2L intervention program in the mainstream education in Thailand
Linguistics · Mainstream · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Rhetorical question · Teaching english · Computer Science · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Second Language Learning and Teaching
The Language of Evaluation
Using linguistic-informed analysis to assess model texts for EFL reading and writing
Recontextualisation of genre-based pedagogy
Using ‘Reading to Learn’ (R2L) pedagogy to teach discussion genre to non-Chinese-speaking students in Hong Kong
Learning to write, reading to learn
The case for Culturally and Linguistically Relevant Pedagogy
Reading to Learn and EFL Students’ Construction of Spoken Biographical Recounts
Working with discourse
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |