THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF GUIDED READING IN ENHANCING YOUNG LEARNERS’ READING COMPREHENSION

Abstract

ABSTRACT
This paper is aimed at justifying theoretical reviews to utilize the essential elements of
guided reading to enhance young learners’ reading comprehension. The effort of
elevating young learners’ reading comprehension is conducted by concerning many
factors; one of them is the instruction applied by teachers in the classroom. The
instructional approach in teaching reading is designed to facilitate students’ reading
needs. The fact that students come to the classroom with different reading levels
challenges teachers to construct effective instructions that meet students’ various levels
of reading. It then leads teachers to implement teaching reading methods in which
discrete aspects of reading such as texts, instructions, assessments, students, and
teachers can be integrally involved. Recent understandings of guided reading bring
teachers to appropriately face young learners’ problems in comprehending texts because
the method is believed to promote integrated activities which do not focus on teaching
reading in an isolated way. It is in line with one of the critical problems in guided
reading which facilitates activities to build literacy skills. It emphasizes on collaborative
instructions that lead children into success in comprehending texts.
Keywords: guided reading, young learners, reading comprehension