APPLICATION OF VAN DIJK'S MODEL OF CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS STRATEGIES FOR CRITICAL READING

Abstract

Experts in the field of language instruction believe that the teaching technique used by lecturers has an impact on language learners' reading comprehension skills. As a result, one of the reasons for the instructional tactics employed in the teaching and learning process is that many English Department students are unable to grasp English texts. The purpose of this study is to discover the tactics used in the Higher Education English Department to teach reading comprehension of English texts. This study's target population included numerous English majors in R4D and R4C classes at Indraprata PGRI University. Descriptive qualitative methods are used to process the observation technique. The collected data are data, tabulated and percentages are calculated. According to the findings of this analysis, the research respondents were drawn from one of two classes. The study's findings indicate that the critical reading strategy is able to make the students improve their comprehension of the text. They can appropriately interpret the text. This is demonstrated by the increase in points when they took midterm and final exams.