English department students problems in TOEFL reading skills

Andrean, Billy (2024) English department students problems in TOEFL reading skills. Undergraduate thesis, Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University.

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Abstract

This study was conducted at the English Language Education Study Program of Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University to investigate the students’ problems in TOEFL reading skills. The aim of the study was to investigate those problems in TOEFL reading skills, using quantitative method. The participants of the study were 22 students of the Study Program who already took Critical Reading course. The data were taken from two classes in the Study Program. The data source consisted of TOEFL reading test scores and written interviews in the form of questionnaire in the Google Form. In the findings, the data showed that the there are three problematic TOEFL reading skills, namely detail factual information, vocabulary and inference. There are strategies to cope with the problems in those three skills each of which has more than 20% in the student participants’ erroneous answers. The first strategy for detail factual information is the students must pay close attention to specific details while reading the passage. They can highlight key information that could be relevant to potential questions. The second strategy for vocabulary is reading a lot to improve vocabulary and to encounter unfamiliar words. The third strategy for inference is read the passage completely especially when the texts ask the readers to find out the beyond information.

Item Type:	Thesis (Undergraduate)
Department:	S1 - Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Contributors:	Contribution Contributors NIDN / NIDK Email Thesis advisor Tedjasuksmana, Hendra NIDN0715106201 hendra@ukwms.ac.id
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Reading, toefl reading, reading comprehension.
Subjects:	Widya Mandala Catholic University on Madiun Campus > Faculty of Teacher Training and Education English Education
Divisions:	Faculty of Teacher Training and Education > English Education Study Program
Depositing User:	Users 14364 not found.
Date Deposited:	30 Jul 2024 04:05
Last Modified:	30 Jul 2024 04:05
URI:	https://repositori.ukwms.ac.id/id/eprint/40566

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