An Analysis of Using Supplementary Reading Books with Graphic Organizers for Enhancing Reading, Analytical and Communication Writing

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) develop supplementary reading books to enhance abilities in reading, critical thinking, and writing, and 2) compare learners’ reading, critical thinking, and writing abilities by using supplementary reading books with graphic organizers. The target group consisted of a group of 40 students from 10th grade in the 2020 academic year. The samples were selected by purposive sampling. The research tools were reading, critical thinking, and writing tests, supplementary reading books, and graphic organizers. The data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The results showed that 1) there were 6 steps in using supplementary reading books with graphic organizers to enhance abilities in reading, critical thinking, and writing which were (1) identifying the objectives, (2) presenting a graphic organizer that is appropriate to the lesson, (3) activating background knowledge, (4) presenting a lesson together with a related graphic organizer with supporting reasons of using it, (5) presenting and discussing results of using the lesson with a graphic organizer, and (6) answering questions and explaining some contents to improve on learner’s understanding; and 2) the 10th-grade students who learned with the supplementary reading books with graphic organizers had a stronger reading, analytical, and writing skills than before the experiment at the .05 level of the significance.