According to explanation above, the researcher concluded think aloud is an example of metacognitive strategy, the metacognitive strategic refers to the thinking of
students in learning. Think aloud strategy is a strategy that helps students to understand the reading. On this strategy students will be asked to say what they think
so that teachers can control students reading comprehension abilities increase. This strategy is also asking the students to play an active role in the process of reading, so
that students will use thinking skills and students will try to understand the text and solve problems.
H. Procedure of Think Aloud Strategy
Think aloud strategy is a strategy that can be used by teacher as a model for students in reading a text. According to Booth the procedure of using think aloud strategy in
teaching reading involves the following steps: 1.
Before teacher asks students to think aloud, teacher has to establish a climate of trust.
2. Once such an environment is established, teacher can begin to ask students to
tell what their thinking. A natural time to ask is when teacher see a student‟s stumble while reading.
3. When listening to the student describes his or her thought processes, teacher
needs to refrain from asking leading questions for students. 4.
When students have finished describing their thinking process, teacher can discuss how this particular strategy helps them to problem solve.
5. Articulating the process helps the students to become aware of strategies.
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According to Vacca and Vacca, the steps of think aloud are : 1.
Choose a trade book that is grade-level appropriate for the topic of study; 2.
Preview reading material to find any unfamiliar vocabulary or parts in the story that can confuse students;
3. Give background knowledge on the topic at hand. Then take a book walk
flipping through the pages to look at illustrations and nonfiction features; 4.
While reading, pause and make comments about what you are thinking in order to clarify for students how comprehension is taking place;
5. Verbalize predictions, confusing parts, or connections with prior knowledge
to help show comprehension of the text in an effort to lead children to make predictions;
6. Close the lesson with a strong connection to the book, or short review of the
purpose of the story.
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Based on theories above it can be constructed by the researcher : 1.
Before teacher asks students to think aloud, teacher has to establish a climate of trust.
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Booth David,
Guiding the Reading Process: Technique and Strategies for Successful Interaction in K-8 Classroom
Markham: Pembroke Publisher,1998,p. 73. In . In Hunaina ,”
Teaching Reading Comprehension By Combining Think Aloud Strategy And Read, Encode, Annotate, And
Ponder Reap Strategy At Junior High School
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Vacca, R. T., Vacca, J. L. 2010. Content area reading: Literacy and learning across the curriculum, 10th ed. Columbus, OH: Allyn Bacon in Evan Ortlieb and Megan Norris.
Using the Think-Aloud Strategy to Bolster Reading Comprehension of Science Concepts:
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2. Choose a trade book that is grade-level appropriate for the topic of study.
3. The teacher askes the student to read.
4. Preview reading material to find any unfamiliar vocabulary or parts in the
story that can confuse students. 5.
While reading, pause and make comments about what you are thinking in order to clarify for students how comprehension is taking place.
6. When students have finished describing their thinking process, teacher can
discuss how this particular strategy helps them to problem solve. 7.
Close the lesson with a strong connection to the book, or short review of the purpose of the story.
I. Advantages and Dis-Advantages of Think Aloud Strategy
1. Advantages of Think Aloud Strategy
a. Increases students scores on comprehension tests,
b. Adds to students self-assessment of their comprehension,
c. Enhances students abilities to select thinking processes to overcome
comprehension challenges while they read.
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From explanation above the researcher conclude that Think Aloud Strategy helps students to understand the reading in accordance with their capabilities,
because through this strategy students are encouraged to measure their own
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Cathy Collins block susan e. israel,
The Abcs of Performing Highly Effective Think-Alouds:
The Reading Teacher, vol. 58, no. 2 oct., 2004, p.158.
