My seventh reflection

My seventh reflection

25^th -29^th of March 2018, I study about:

What are the questions to ask about social function of the text?

Social function is to examine the awareness of students about the text and it different with the purpose of the text. In order to let the students know about social function, a teacher should give questions which lead to the social function. The question must let the students know the potential reader of the text; it must let students aware where they find the text. Then, the question also must make students know where, when, and how to use the text.  In narrative text, the teacher can ask social function such us:

1. Where did you usually find this kind of text?


2. What does this text tell you about?


3. Who will read this kind of text?


4. What information can you learn from the text?


5. Why do you want to read this text?


6. How is the text related to your life?

What are the questions to ask text structure of the text?

Here are some questions which can use to ask about the understanding of text structure.

1. What is the main idea?


2. What is the first paragraph about?


3. What is the second paragraph about?


4. What is the third paragraph about?

Reading to learn is read at first and then write. As a teacher, the teacher should let the students understand the text in general terms by giving the background knowledge they need to understand. For example: if the text about malin kundang, so the teacher can ask a question first before read the text. Who is malin kundang?. Then ask the student to read particular sentence in paragraph one line three which tell who is malin kundang. One student read the text and the other hear. After that, the teacher asks other student the question which is related to what has been read by student. Is malin kundang from Sumatra?

After that, the teacher can move to another question, when did malin kundang go to the city? Then asks again the other student to read the sentence in paragraph two line one which consists of the answer where malin kundang went. And the other students hear. So, the teacher should involve other students in the process of learning. Read the text by giving a question. If the students can retell the text then the students has understand.