Edu-Ling: Journal of English Education and Linguistics
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2020): July

THE ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN COMPREHENDING TOEFL READING TEXT AT ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF OGAN KOMERING ILIR KAYUAGUNG

Eka Mahendra (Islamic University of Ogan Komering Ilir Kayuagung)
Dewi sartika (Unknown)
Eva Saptarina (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2020

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find the difficult skills in TOEFL reading text faced by the students of English Language Education Study Program of Islamic University of Ogan Komering Ilir Kayuagung. The subject of this research was students English Department Isalamic University Ogan Komering Ilir To conduct this study, the descriptive qualitative was used. To collect the data, TOEFL reading test and interview were used. To analyze the data, data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusion or interpretation. The result of the study showed that students had difficulty finding main idea questions (66.6%), organization ideas (72%), stated detail question (60%), unstated detail question (62%), implied detail question (75%), transition question (74%), reference (56%), vocabulary (54.5%), question about where in the passage (55%), and tone purpose (63%). It was happened because most of the students did not like reading scientific text, had low motivation, and had limitation vocabulary.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

edu-ling

Publisher

Subject

Arts Computer Science & IT Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

ournal of Edu-Ling (Journal of Education and Linguistics) is a scientific article in English Education Department in Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Prof. Dr. Hazairin, SH Bengkulu. It presents articles on English language teaching and learning, Linguistics and Literature. The contents ...