- Encourages learners to exchanges their own experiences, thereby making learning more active and less isolating.
- Provides the opportunity for sharing of ideas and concerns. - Fosters positive peer support and feelings of belonging.
- Reinforces previous learning. More simply put:
• Ideas can be generated. • Ideas can be shared.
• Ideas can be tried out. • Ideas can be responded to by others
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b. The Disadvantages
One member of the group can dominate the discussion. Easy to digress from the topic.
Shy learners may refuse to become involved or may need a great deal of encouragement to participate.
Requires skill to tactfully redirect learners who digress or dominate without losing their trust and that of other group members.
Particularly challenging for the novice teacher when group members do not interact easily.
More time consuming for the transmission of information than other methods such as lecture.
Requires the teachers presence at all sessions to act as a facilitator and resource person.
Not all the members of the group get involve to the discussions, is about the confident problem. There is a different confident level to each students, they are to
shy to show up and perform themselves in front of their friends.
C. The Teaching Reading Skill According to KTSP
1. The Standard Competence
To implementing KTSP Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan, one of the points that need to be considered is how to develop the syllabus. In English subject,
the syllabus is designed based on Standar Isi which is consist of subject, identity, competence standard and basic competence, main learning material, learning activity,
and indicators, assessment, time location and learning resource.
So the government defined standard competence for reading in seventh semester of junior high school level is as follows :
a. Understanding the meaning of simple functional texts that has been related to daily life.
b. Understanding the meaning of functional texts and simple short essay; descriptive, and procedure that has been related to the real life.
2. The Basic Competence
The basic competence is the minimum competence that needs to be mastered by the students in achieving reading skills; it is modification of the standard
competence. The basic competence for reading skill is divided into two semester the basic competences are :
a Pronouncing word, phrase, and sentences with compatible pronunciation, stress, and intonation that related to the closest situation.
b. Responding the meaning of the short, simple functional texts. While in the second semester, the basic competences for reading skill are:
