MANAGING JAPANESE LANGUAGE READING CLASS 3 (DOKKAI3) THROUGH SERIES OF INTERACTIVE GROUP WORK ACTIVITIES USING BLOG
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To answer students’ difficulties in short semester period of Dokkai 3, I was doing an interactive group work using blog due to several important reasons. First, the students needed to solve their problems out of classroom schedule. Second, interactive group work using blog would be simple. Third, the students were familiar with internet. Fourth, without activities at home, it was impossible to the students to increase their skill.I was doing three cycles consisted of observing of students’ initial condition, planning actions, conducting actions, observation on each student’s progress and reflection. For each cycle, I was asking each student to interview the members, Iwas running small interviews and surveys,and mid and final semester tests. The conclusions are: first I found out that the students were very active. Second, most of the students’scores highly. Third, they enjoyed these activities mainly. Fourth, they could comprehend text better than before.
Keywords: Japanese Language Reading, Dokkai, Interactive, Group Work, Blog
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