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THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING READING: : IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN EFL CONTEXT EMPHASIZED ON READING FLUENCY AND ACCURACY Muhammad Rochman
Journey: Journal of English Language and Pedagogy Vol. 1 No. 1 (2018): Journey: Journal of English Language and Pedagogy
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33503/journey.v1i1.487

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Current methods for teaching reading comprehension tend to emphasize the products of comprehension and neglect the processes of comprehension. Teachers often provide insufficient opportunities for learners to practice English in teaching reading. During teaching reading in a class teachers may confuse to give exercises relate to fluency or accuracy. The correlation between fluency and reading comprehension showed a significant positive relationship between oral reading fluency and reading comprehension performance. Therefore, automaticity of decoding fluency is essential for high levels of reading achievement. Assessing reading fluency, teachers need to listen to students read aloud to make judgments about their progress in reading fluency. In other side, teaching reading in accuracy exercises encourage a thoughtful use of language and the information is intended to help students understand how English works.
The English Students’ Problems in Facing TOEFL Test at STIE Madani Balikpapan During the Academic Year 2022/2023 Muhammad Rochman
Journey: Journal of English Language and Pedagogy Vol. 6 No. 3 (2023): Journey: Journal of English Language and Pedagogy
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33503/journey.v6i3.697

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TOEFL is a language testing tool widely used in universities to check students’ capability in English mastery. The purpose of this study, titled "The English Students’ Problems in Facing the TOEFL Test at STIE Madani Balikpapan during the Academic Year 2022-2023," is to: (1) determine the issues experienced by Accounting Department students when performing the TOEFL test; and (2) determine ways to analyze among English students at STIE Madani Balikpapan with high TOEFL grades and low TOEFL grades. This study's sampling consists of 20 accounting students from the Economic Faculty at STIE Madani Balikpapan who took the TOEFL test. This study employed descriptive qualitative research. (1) Semi-structured interviews were used to gather information regarding the challenges that English students confront when completing the TOEFL test. (2) A closed-ended questionnaire was used to gather information about the ways in which students’ study, including study style, taking notes, ascertaining along the way, reading use, conning, and time direction. The consequences of this consultation bring out that, at that point, there are some issues that may arise while attempting the TOEFL test. The issues that have been identified are connected to a deficiency in English language achievement and cognition, inadequate time instruction, suffering absorption, and bearing issuing with the final retentions. The questionnaire consequences establish a few divergences in the field of study use between English language educators with eminent TOEFL grades and educators who have poor TOEFL grades
THE EFFECTS OF READING METHOD ON THE COMPREHENSION PERFORMANCE OF THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS OF BALIKPAPAN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY Muhammad Rochman
Journey: Journal of English Language and Pedagogy Vol. 2 No. 1 (2019): Journey: Journal of English Language and Pedagogy
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33503/journey.v2i1.756

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In this study the researcher investigated the relative effects of different reading methods on the comprehension performance of Balikpapan Foreign Language Academy EFL Third Semester students. The scores of participants who read three comparable passages in three ways (oral, silent and subvocalizing) were compared. Results revealed a significant difference between oral reading and subvocalization, and between oral reading and silent reading. Oral reading had the greatest effect on comprehension performance among the three reading methods examined. All groups reported that oral reading was the most preferred reading method with the majority of respondents feeling the style best supported comprehension. Feedback suggested that oral reading was preferred specifically because it helps in memorizing words and texts, concentration, and practicing and pronouncing words for real world encounters. It is recommended that second language lecturers and students use all available reading methods in order to identify which method best serves their study objectives.