Exploring the Writing Process of Indonesian EFL Students: The Effectiveness of Think-Aloud Protocol

This study investigates dictionary look-up strategies (DLS) while performing a reading task by 10 Saudi EFL English major students. Think-aloud protocol was used as an instrument in this study. The results revealed that the subjects used 31 DLS while reading. Reading L1 equivalents and reading L2 definitions were found to be the most frequent strategies that Saudi students use when referring to their dictionaries. The results also demonstrated that the students use the guessing strategy infrequently and prefer to resort to the dictionary immediately. The data also illustrated that the monolingual dictionary yielded different overall success rates. The users of the monolingual dictionary referred to their dictionary to solve 32 words problems (12.5% of all look-ups).

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An Analysis of Previewing Reading Strategy in Business Texts: A Think Aloud Protocol Study

International Journal of English and Cultural Studies ◽

10.11114/ijecs.v4i1.5151 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 30

Author(s):

Wuriy Handayani ◽

Nunung Widijantie

Keyword(s):

Main Idea ◽

Think Aloud ◽

Think Aloud Protocol ◽

Verbal Thought ◽

Information Strategies ◽

Efl Students ◽

The Right ◽

Information Finding ◽

Protocol Study ◽

Main Ideas

Students who study business and economics might read business texts related to their major. Some students get problem in finding main ideas or detail information. Finding main idea is not an easy job for EFL students since they need to understand the context and learn a lot of business vocabularies. To make it easier, there is one technique in reading which is called previewing. The business texts are previewed by students by reading the tittle, discussing the topic, and answering questions. This paper seeks to identify the effects of having previewing strategies used by EFL students and strategies most used by students in finding main idea and supported detail information. The qualitative research aimed at analyzing of how previewing can help students to find main ideas and detail information. This research also tried to decide whether students answered the questions correctly after using previewing strategy. Think Aloud Protocol (TAP) and interview collecting data techniques are carried to identify students’ strategies. TAP is data collecting technique that involves verbal thought. This methodology is used to determine what goes on students’ head while they are reading, finding main ideas and answering detail questions from business text. The research participants consist of thirteen students of the seventh semester in the Accounting major at ABFI Perbanas Institute Jakarta, Indonesia. The result shows that the participants used four parts of strategies in reading business text: (1) strategies of finding main idea, (2) strategies of finding detail information (strategies to find the word refers to, strategies of synonym, strategies to find definition), (3) previewing strategies, and (4) accuracy and inaccuracy to answer questions from reading business texts. The strategy that is often used by students in finding main idea is taking from the first sentence in paragraph. The strategies that are frequently used by students in finding detail information are referring to subject in previous sentence, choosing the right word from the option provided, finding the answer from dictionary and mentioning the place and time directly.

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AN ANALYSIS EFL STUDENTSANALYSIS EFL STUDENTS TRANSLATION OF PREPOSITION IN, ON AND AT A THINK ALOUD- PROTOCOL STUDY TRANSLATION OF PREPOSITION IN, ON AND AT A THINK ALOUD- PROTOCOL STUDY

LINGUA : JURNAL ILMIAH ◽

10.35962/lingua.v15i1.5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Wuriy Handayani

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Methods ◽

Think Aloud ◽

Think Aloud Protocol ◽

Data Collecting ◽

Efl Students ◽

Protocol Study ◽

Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Translating prepositions in, on and at is not an easy job for EFL students since the meanings relate to locating object, time, and degree. With regard to this point, this study aims at identifying strategies, methods, and procedures used by EFL students to translate preposition in, on and at. Both quantitative and qualitative methods are applied in this study. Think-Aloud Protocol data collecting technique carries out to identify student’s strategies, methods, and procedures in translating prepositions in, on and at. To do this, the data of student’s transcriptions and students’ translations obtained from three students were analyzed. The findings indicate that students use more than one strategies, methods and procedures.

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