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Journal : ELT Echo

Analysis of Students' Problems on the Reading Section of TOEFL Tri Ilma Septiana
ELT Echo : The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context Vol 6, No 1 (2021): JUNE
Publisher : IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24235/eltecho.v6i1.8576

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In the present study, TOEFL as a standardize test is used UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin as one of requisites to complete study. This study aims to analyze the most difficult reading skills for students of English Education Department (further glossed by EED) and their problems on the reading section of TOEFL. It employed a case study, in which 22 EED students were involved in the TOEFL test which carried out by Language Development Center, UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten. There were three instruments used: archival record of TOEFL test, questionnaire and interviews. The findings of this study found that finding main idea was the most difficult reading skills, Meanwhile, some problems of EED students on the reading section of TOEFL test were limited vocabulary mastery, lack of grammatical knowledge and reading skills, unfamiliar with the topic, as well as low concentration, physical endurance, and limited time.
An Analysis of the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in the National Examination of English On Junior High School Level Astuti Widiyaningsih; Tri Ilma Septiana
ELT Echo : The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context Vol 4, No 2 (2019): December
Publisher : IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24235/eltecho.v4i2.4964

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This study was carried out to obtain empirical evidences on the distribution of the higher order thinking skills (HOTS) based on the revised edition of Bloom’s Taxonomy in the National Examination of English subject on Junior High School level. This study used document analysis method that enables the writers to identify, analyze, and categorize the quality of National Examination questions into Bloom’s taxonomy. the writers employed questions from 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 academic years as sample. The major findings of this study demonstrate that they were only 6 and 9 out of 50 questions or 12% and 18% from two respective National Examinations can be categorized into the higher order thinking skills. Moreover, the writers also found that the highest order thinking skills classified into C4 or analysis ability. Meanwhile, the lower order thinking skills can be found as many as 44 and 41 questions or 88% and 82% from respective each academic year. In conclusion, the writers conclude that the most questions of National Examination in Junior High School Level can be categorized into the Lower Order Thinking Skills (LOTS). Besides, based on the data the improvement quality of questions was only 6% from two academic years.