BLENDED LEARNING IN TEACHING READING: A PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE TO TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN AN INDONESIAN UNIVERSITY CONTEXT

The advance of the technology has made the teaching and learning process happens interestingly. It has also carried a great way to teaching reading at the English as a Foreign Language Class in Indonesian University Context. Accordingly, it becomes feasible to design blended pedagogical practices. This study argues that blended learning may give impact of fluency training and strategy instruction on reading. It is intended to engage students’ attitude, interests and motivation on reading development (Grabe & Stoller, 2002). Thus, this qualitative study reports a series of classroom activities in teaching reading by implementing blended learning (Fraenkel & Wallen, 2007). Through this pedagogical practice, students get the advancement of their learning experience. As in conventional teaching and learning English, teaching reading through blended learning covers learning process in the form of face-to-face teachings, guidance on participant blended learning –be there as classroom instructions and online learning, training and assessment (Marsh, 2012). The model is in the form of an interactive teaching method. Conveniences that can be fashioned are the interactive learning through tutorials, drills, online learning, tools and open-ended learning environments. It not only facilitates English language learning but also allows the implementation of the advancement of information technology. Keywords: blended learning, teaching reading, TEFL in an Indonesian University Contex