THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SEED PROGRAMME

BY:

ENGLISH PANEL OF SEKOLAH MENENGAH TEKNIK TAIPING 2011

INTRODUCTION

Reading means different things to different people. For some, it is recognizing

written words, while for others it is an opportunity to teach pronunciation and
practice speaking. However, reading always has a purpose. It is something that
we do every day, which is an integral part of our daily lives, but taken very much
for granted. The reason for reading depends very much on purpose for reading.
Reading has three main purposes, for survival, for learning and for pleasure.
Reading for survival is considered to be in response to our environment, to find
information including street signs, advertising and timetables. It depends very
much on the day-to-day needs of the reader and often involves an immediate
response to a situation. In contrast, reading for learning is considered to be the
type of reading done in the classroom and is goal oriented. Above all, the central
ideas behind reading are:

The idea of meaning

The transfer of meaning from one mind to another

How we get meaning by reading

How the writer, the reader and the text all contribute to the process.

Thus, it is crucial for the teacher to equip the students with the basic skills on
reading to produce good and critical readers.

WHAT IS SEED PROGRAMME?

SEED Programme is a reading programme in the aim of exposing students to a
new vocabularies and useful phrases of English. The vocabularies and phrases
are provided with the Malay translation, thus it will be easier for the students to
make reference for any difficult and unfamiliar words. The reading materials are
from newspaper articles, namely The Star and New Straits Times which are
regarded as authentic reading material. The use of authentic materials in the
classroom is discussed, with the students benefiting from the exposure to real
language being used in the real context. Other positive aspects