School Practice and Strategies Presentation
Literature circle: a strategy in learning extensive reading
Reading is one of vital skills that most students lack attention and interest and in teaching this skill teachers face challenges. However, due to the demand of curriculum this skill should be taught in all school levels. In EFL class, reading is not only taught intensively but also extensively. In extensive reading, teachers can employ certain strategies, e.g. literature circles. A literature circle is a group of reading comprising 4 to 5 students who have small group discussion and the members have to focus on their jobs or roles while reading. The use of literature circle can provide a unique value in engaging students in extensive reading. This writing aims to describe how students responded to the literature circles employed in extensive reading activites. From the reflection, the results showed that 80% of students responded positively to the literature circles activities, while the other 20% claimed they had some confusions.
Keywords: Extensive reading, EFL, literature circles, students’ responses
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Safitry Wahyuni teaches English at Sekolah Khusus Olahragawan Internasional (SKOI), a special school for athletes (junior and senior high students) in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. She also actively writes books on ELT as well as shares her teaching experiences (best practices) in conferences, seminars, trainings, or workshops.
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Made Hery Santosa teaches in Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Bali, Indonesia. He has published in numerous journals and served as an article editor of SAGE Open and a reviewer of TESOL Journal, Frontiers Psychology, Springer Nature, TESL-EJ, and Kasetsart Journal. His research interests include EFL, AI, CALL, ER, and innovative pedagogies.