Reciprocal Teaching
and Genre-Based Approach Combination: A Proposed-Strategy in Business English
Classes
Sugeng Hariyanto
Reciprocal Teaching (RT) is a
teaching procedure for reading comprehension involving direct instruction,
modelling, feedback and repeated practice in four cognitive strategies, namely
questioning, clarifying, summarizing, and predicting. The focus of Genre-based
approach is to show students how meaning can be constructed with language and
train them to make use of language to fulfil their needs. This approach
proceeds through 4 steps: preparation, modelling, joint construction,
independent construction, plus one additional step, publishing. Reciprocal
teaching approach (RT) is used because it can incorporate speaking activities.
The texts are selected based on the genre that will be used in the work sites,
namely in the office setting. This article presents how to apply reciprocal
teaching and genre-based approach to teach Business English at non-English
Department university level. This proposed strategy has been tried out at
Business Administration Department of State Polytechnic of
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Hariyanto, S. (2001). Reciprocal
teaching and genre-based approach combination: A proposed strategy in business
English classes. TEFLIN Journal, 12(2), 252-261.
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