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Reader’s Theatre is usually carried out in an English language lesson especially when teaching reading, but we have found out that it could also be carried out in a law classroom. We have conducted an action research on one of the Foundation Law groups at UiTM Kuantan campus, where we have adopted and implemented Reader’s Theatre to promote reading the judicial decisions (court case) among the students in the group so that they could develop the interest in reading the text. The court case text is just like a play-like script and the students could perform the Reader’s Theatre activity based on the characters in the text. After conducting the Reader’s Theatre activity among the students, we distributed questionnaires to justify our action research. The findings we have gathered are that the students are very much interested in the Reader’s Theatre activity and they have enjoyed reading the text given. They have also understood the case better. Most importantly, we could see that by utilizing Reader’s Theatre the students are also able to use the language effectively and authentically. The lecturer could not only help the students on the correct pronunciation of the words but also explain further on the case discussed and elaborate more on the abbreviations used and meaning of the words in the text. The teaching and learning process of the judicial decisions (court case) is more meaningful here with the help of the Reader’s Theatre activity. Students enjoy the lesson more as compared to not having the Reader’s Theatre activity. In addition, this could definitely not only promote reading the judicial decisions (court case) among the Foundation Law students of UiTM Kuantan but they could comprehend the court case better.
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Kadir, N.A., Jamal, F.H.A., Ismail, J., Subki, R.N. (2014). Using Reader’s Theatre to Promote Reading the Judicial Decisions (Court Case) Among Foundation Law Students. In: Kasim, A., Wan Omar, W., Abdul Razak, N., Wahidah Musa, N., Ab. Halim, R., Mohamed, S. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Science, Technology and Social Sciences (ICSTSS) 2012. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-077-3_1
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