scholarly journals Students’Ability in Reading TOEFL

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-100
Author(s):  
Helena Badu
Keyword(s):  
Standardized Test ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
English Department ◽  
Standard Score ◽  
Study Program

TOEFL is a standardized test which measures the students’ skill and ability in English. This test is one of the requirements for English Department students before they take the theses examination. Hence, the students must be prepared well before taking the test in order they can get the standard score of TOEFL as has been required by English study program. During the pre-observation, it has been found that many students of English study program still have difficulty in having the TOEFL test that it finally gives impact on their TOEFL scores. For this reason, this research is conducted as an effort to analyze and get information about the students’ ability in TOEFL test, especially in the reading test. This research is analyzed qualitatively by taking the English Department students as the participants. The data are collected by using two instruments; observation and documentation, and it analyzes through some steps such as identifying the result of students’ test and analyzing them to obtain the answer of the research question. This research analyzes the students’ ability in reading toefl refers to Philips’ theory in toefl reading skill. The result of this research shows that the students have a high percentage in find pronoun referents. While find definition from structural clues is the lowest one. Thus, the students and lecturers should pay more attention to the strategies in reading toefl and have more practice in doing the test.

scholarly journals Using Extensive Reading to Develop Non-major Students’ Reading Skill at Hochiminh City University of Food Industry in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi Kim Anh
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Research Questions

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the benefits extensive reading can bring to non-major students and lectures at Hochiminh City University of Food Industry (HUFI). The study addressed a main research question and two sub-research questions related to extensive reading: How does extensive reading develop students’ reading comprehension and improve vocabulary at Hochiminh City University of Food Industry? Two sub-research questions: To what extent could extensive reading help to enhance students’ reading skill? The participants of this study were non-major students at HUFI in Vietnam. The research instruments used in this study to collect data were three main instruments, namely Reading Tests (including Pre-Reading Test and Post-Reading Test), Questionnaire, and Interview. The result of data analysis revealed a significant difference. The findings suggested that innovating lectures’ teaching methods by extensive reading could help students improve their reading ability, particularly their reading comprehension and vocabulary, by engaging them in a systematic extensive reading program.

scholarly journals INFORMALITY AS POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN REQUEST OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF RIAU ISLANDS UNIVERSITY

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suswanto Ismadi Megah
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
English Department ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Young Sister ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Negative Face ◽  
Homogeneous Data

This study was aimed to identify the informality of request as politeness strategies used by the students of English Education study Program (English department) of Unrika Batam.The data was obtained from request spoken by the student of English department students. The data taken based on cluster sampling due the homogeneous data. The data was students of morning class of semester seven. This study concluded that The usage of bu, ma, mah (means mother)  five data and yah, pak, and pa (means father or daddy), the speaker respects to the hearer’s face by addressing her as mom. This considered her position is upper position; this does not threaten her face. This is used informally to her mother in relaxed situation. The usage of imperative sentences are four data when the hearer asks her young sister  to take the glass, then the subject asks her big sister to buy her dress, when she asks her young sister to take chilly and when the subject ask the money to pay rental house. This sentences forces her face’s hearer. This shows negative face. The last is speaker states “adek” young sister to her father means to soften request to her father due to the father will usually fulfill the young child.

scholarly journals Fostering Metacognitive Reading Strategies in Thai EFL Classrooms: A Focus on Proficiency

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Charinwit Seedanont ◽  
Suphawat Pookcharoen
Keyword(s):  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Strategy Instruction ◽  
Reading Performance ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Metacognitive Reading Strategies

EFL readers tend to experience a number of challenges while learning, due to a number of factors that affect how these readers achieve their learning goals. Metacognitive strategies, referring to one’s deliberate, goal-directed control over cognitive enterprises, are considered crucial for assisting EFL learners to be able to accomplish comprehension while reading. Previous studies have enriched the knowledge of metacognitive reading strategies in EFL settings. However, only few investigations yielded statistically significant effects on learners’ reading performance. This present study hence foresees an opportunity to shed new light on this issue by focusing on EFL learners’ proficiency. The objectives of this research are twofold: exploring the effects of the metacognitive strategy instruction on the strategy awareness, and perceiving the effects of the instruction on the reading performance in taking a standardized test. Forty-three students enrolling in a private male school in Bangkok, Thailand participated in the study, lasting ten weeks. A wide range of research tools were administered: SORS, IELTS reading test, and lesson plans. The findings suggested that the students’ awareness of reading strategies used in terms of sub-categories and IELTS reading test score improved with statistical significance. Pedagogical implications and suggestions for future research studies are discussed based on the findings.

scholarly journals DESIGNING A SYLLABUS OF COLLABORATIVE ENGLISH TEACHING FOR PHYSICS STUDY PROGRAM

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Esti Junining
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Design ◽  
English Department ◽  
Study Program ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Word Lists ◽  
Syllabus Design ◽  
Physics Department ◽  
Teaching Physics

The recommended model of teaching Englishfor students of non-English department is collaborativeteaching which provides subject lecturer‘s involvementin the curriculum design. This paper reported theprocess of designing a syllabus of collaborative teachingfor ESP teaching in Indonesian context. As a part ofcurriculum design, this ESP syllabus focuses on contentarea reading in the area of physics. Several text typescommonly used in physics department and vocabularybuilding of academic word lists and the ones related tophysics area study were elaborated as well. The paperconcludes that the implementation of this programneeds high commitment from the stakeholders in orderto make the program successfully implemented.Keywords: collaborative English teaching, Physics StudyProgram, curriculum design, syllabus design

scholarly journals Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation Found in Students’ Written Reflection in Play Performance Course

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Veronica Esti Nugrahani
Keyword(s):  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
English Language ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Language Education ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Intrinsic And Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Identified Regulation ◽  
Written Reflection

As other courses, motivation plays important role in Play Performance course. That motivation can be from the students themselves or other factors outside themselves. This study aimed to examine intrinsic and extrinsic motivation of students’ learning in Play Performance course in English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University by analyzing their written reflection. There was one formulated research question: “To what extent is intrinsic and extrinsic motivation found in students’ written reflection in Play Performance course?” In this study, document or content analysis was employed. The researcher analyzed 41 students’ written reflection in Play Performance course to find the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The findings showed some types of both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. For intrinsic motivation, there were 15 statements which expressed motivation of knowledge; 19 statements expressing motivation of accomplishment; and 38 statements expressed motivation of stimulation. Meanwhile, for extrinsic motivation, it was found 9 statements expressed motivation of external regulation; 1 statement expressed motivation of introjected regulation; and 2 statements of identified regulation.

scholarly journals Students’Ability in Reading Comperhension of the Scond Grade at SMP 13 Berau 2018/2019

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarlina Sarlina ◽  
Nurbianta Nurbianta
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Problem Formulation ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
School Year ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Five Phases

The problem formulation of this research are: What is the students’ ability in reading comprehension . Design of this research was quasi experimental research, by conducted Pretest-treatments-posttest procedures. While the subject is 27 students of junior high school in the school year 2017/2018. The object the researchis the student’ ability in reading comprehension. To collect the data, the writer uses some tecniques suchas test and document. Data processing in this research is divided into five phases: validity, reability, Scoring the test, ranking  and mean,median and mode then all the data are analyzed quantitavely The result finding of this research was the mean score students' reading test is 77.41, the value of median is 65, and the value of mode is 80.The performance on posttest show that the students’ ability in reading comprehension is outgrowth, the students obtained positive progress in learning reading skill.

scholarly journals Students’ Perception of Using Socrative in Learning Grammar at the English Study Program of FKIP UIR: A Case Study at the Second Year Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-40
Author(s):  
Johari Afrizal ◽  
Arimuliani Ahmad ◽  
Aini Safitri
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
English Department ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Academic Year

The main objective of this study is to identify students' perceptions of the implementation of socrative learning grammar. The second-year students of the English Department of FKIP UIR in the academic year 2018/2019 were the objects of this research. Questionnaires and interviews as a tool to collect data for this study. The questionnaire was adapted from the TAM theory (David, Bagozzi & Warshaw, 1989) which included 20 closed questions relating to the perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of using socrative in learning grammar. The data in this study was analyzed using quantitative and qualitative analysis. While data from the interview were transcribed. The results of this study indicated that students have positive perceptions about the use of socrative. The results of this study also proved that students have a positive view of the use of socrative in learning grammar. This means that they accept the use of socrative in the learning process  

scholarly journals THE USING OF WHATSAPP IN TEACHING PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE TO THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS OF TADRIS ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM IN IAIN PALU

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-33
Author(s):  
Afifah Afifah
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
State Institute ◽  
Study Program ◽  
The Third ◽  
Internet Server ◽  
Data Collections ◽  
Teaching Pronunciation ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Voice Recording

This research focuses on the using of WhatsApp in teaching pronunciation practice to the third semester students of Tadris English Study Program in IAIN Palu. The research question is “How is the using of WhatsApp in teaching Pronunciation Practice to the third semester students of Tadris English Study Program in IAIN Palu?” This is a qualitative research by using two instruments of data collections namely questionnaire and interview. The participants consisted of 19 third semester students of Tadris English Study Program of State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Palu. The researcher conducted five meetings of Pronunciation Practice class to the participants via WhatsApp before distributing the questionnaire and interview sheet. The questionnaire consisted of five questions by applying Likert Scale, while the interview consisted of ten questions. From the questionnaire and interview, the researcher concludes that the using of WhatsApp in teaching Pronunciation Practice to the third semester students of Tadris English Study Program in IAIN Palu is practical. The students could understand the material shared via WhatsApp in the form of documents shared, videos shared, as well as voice recording shared. They could use the features in WhatsApp well such as sharing documents, voice notes, sharing videos, video call and so on in learning pronunciation practice. The students like Pronunciation Practice Class and enjoy studying it via WhatsApp. Learning Pronunciation Practice via WhatsApp has some advantages such as time flexibility as well as structured and easily accessed materials. However, it also has some limitations such as internet data availability and video call limitation. Besides, the participants faced several obstacles in learning Pronunication Practice via WhatsApp, such as the limitation of smartphone memory to save files, down internet server, and unavailability of internet data. Nevertheless, they could passed those obstacles well by deleting some unused files to give more space to the memory and finding out wifi connection to stay connected to WhatsApp when the server was down or they ran out of internet data. They could understand the teaching of Pronunciation Practice via WhatsApp by downloading and reading the documents shared, the videos shared, and the voice recording shared by the lecturer. When they found a difficulty, they asked their friends or the lecturer via WhatsApp group.

scholarly journals Comparative Study on Teaching Reading Using Know, Want, Learnt (KWL) and Direct Instruction Method (DIM)

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Gabriela Puspita Nagri ◽  
Ngadiso Ngadiso ◽  
Teguh Sarosa
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Experimental Group

<p>The aims of this research are to find out: (1) whether there is a significant difference in reading skill between the students taught by using KWL method and those taught by using DIM; and (2) whether KWL method is more effective than DIM to teach reading. This experimental study used 22 students for the experimental group and 22 students for the control group. The data were collected by using reading test and then analyzed by using t-test formula. The computation of the data shows that the t-observation (t<sub>o</sub>) is 1.988, which is higher than the t-table <sub>(42,</sub> <sub>0.05)</sub>: 1.960. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference in reading skill between the students taught by using KWL method and those taught by using DIM. The mean of the group of students taught by using KWL method is 75.14, while the mean of the group of students taught  by using DIM is 69.13. Therefore, it can be concluded that KWL method is more effective to teach reading than DIM for junior high school students.</p>

scholarly journals THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT AND THEIR SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT AT SECOND SEMESTER STUDENTS’ OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT IN HALU OLEO UNIVERSITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
La Ode Al Ikzan ◽  
La Ode Nggawu ◽  
Siam Siam
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
English Department ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Vocabulary Achievement

This study aims to measure the correlation between vocabulary achievements and speaking achievement at second semester students of English study program in Halu Oleo University. The design of the study was research deign or correlational design; the type of the study was quantitative approach. The problem of the study was, is there any correlation between vocabulary achievement and speaking achievement at second semester students of English study program in Halu Oleo University? The population of this research was the second semester students of English Department in Halu Oleo University in the academic year of 2018/2019 with a total number of 120 students. It was divided into two class they are A and B. There are 105 students taken as sample in this study by using purposive sampling technique.  The instruments of this research are mid test score of vocabulary examination and basic speaking Examination. The result of calculation using SPSS 20 program found that, (r (105) = 0.459, p = 0.000) was also higher than r at 5% and 1% significant level. It could be concluded that alternative hypothesis (H1 table) stating that there is a significant positive correlation between vocabulary achievement and speaking achievement at second semester students of English Department in Halu Oleo University and null hypothesis rejected. Based on the research findings, it is shown that there is positive correlation between vocabulary achievement and speaking achievement at second semester students of English Department in Halu Oleo University. It means that students’ who had much vocabulary performed speaking better than the student who had lack of vocabulary.

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