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All Journal Journal of English Education and Teaching (JEET) Wacana : Jurnal Penelitian Bahasa, Sastra dan Pengajaran
Mukhrizal, Mukhrizal
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Undergraduate Students’ Difficulties in Translating an Editorial of the Jakarta Post Putri, Fegi Kurniawan Dwi; Mukhrizal, Mukhrizal; Zahrida, Zahrida
Journal of English Education and Teaching Vol. 8 No. 1 (2024): Journal of English Education and Teaching
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33369/jeet.8.1.129-140

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The objective of this research was to find out the students’ dominant difficulties in translating an editorial text of The Jakarta Post. The subjects of this research were 30 seventh semester students of Education Study Program at Universitas Bengkulu in the academic year 2020/2021. This research used a quantitative descriptive method. The data were collected with a questionnaire and were counted in percentage terms. The results of this research showed that there were 5 students’ dominants difficulties in translating the editorial, i.e. a.)The difficulties in understanding unfamiliar words(60%), b.) The difficulties in understanding the texts although they understand the meaning of the words but they could not understand it coherently. Sometimes one sentence looked like disconnected with another sentence so it became odd (57%),c.)The difficulties in understanding the difficult sentences (47%), d.)The difficulties in translating the words that had multiple meanings which made it difficult for them to determine which meaning was correct and in understanding the ambiguous words (43%), and e.)The difficulties in translating phrases (43%). In conclusion, among all the dominant difficulties in translating the editorial the most dominant one was the difficulties in understanding unfamiliar words (60%). It was suggested that the undergraduate students should study lexicology and syntax intensively.
Impacts of authentic texts on EFL students' reading comprehension Millenia, Raihan Dwi Adinda; Mukhrizal, Mukhrizal; Sufiyandi, Sufiyandi
Wacana: Jurnal Penelitian Bahasa, Sastra dan Pengajaran Vol. 22 No. 1: Wacana, Vol. 22, No. 1, Januari 2024
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33369/jwacana.v22i1.22865

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The purpose of this research was to explore the effect of authentic texts on students' reading comprehension of the English Education Study Program at the University of Bengkulu. This research applied a quantitative method, in the form of a quasi-experimental study. The subjects of the research were 68 sixth-semester students in which 34 students as the experimental group and 34 other students as the controlled group. The experimental group got treatment of authentic text, while the controlled group got treatment of textbooks. The instrument of the research used was the test. The mean score of the experimental group was higher than the scores of the controlled group (75.88: 68.24). The t-test calculation = (p<α); (0.005<0.05). It means alternative hypothesis was accepted, and null hypothesis was rejected. In other words, there was an effect of using authentic texts on students’ reading comprehension. It was recommended that it was a good idea for English lecturers, apart from other texts, pay close attention to authentic texts as well.
Co-Authors Millenia, Raihan Dwi Adinda Putri, Fegi Kurniawan Dwi Sufiyandi, Sufiyandi Zahrida, Zahrida