Exploring the Indonesian Nursing Students’ Difficulties in Answering the TOEFL Prediction Test

Abstract

The TOEFL is a type test known internationally to assess someone’s proficiency in English language. However, many EFL students have problems in doing the TOEFL test so that their score results are still under the minimum score. The aim of this study is to explore the nursing students’ difficulties in answering the TOEFL questions. This study was a descriptive-quantitative study that involved fifty-one nursing students of the Poltekkes Kemenkes Bengkulu. The data of this study were gathered by using a questionnaire in the form of Google form based on Likert’s scale. The results of the study revealed that the level of difficulty experienced by the nursing students in answering the questions on the TOEFL test was in a high category. The listening comprehension section gained the mean score of 3.79, the structure and written expression section gained the mean score of 3.67, and the reading comprehension section gained the mean score of 3.62. Moreover, their difficulties were in a high category for all of the items in the questionnaire. In brief, the difficulties faced by the nursing students show that their English proficiency is still low.

Pelatihan Test of English Foreign Language (TOEFL) dan Try-Out Pada Mahasiswa APOTEKER

“…Universitas Megarezky merupakan salah satu perguruan tinggi swasta yang harus mewajibkan mahasiswa mengikuti tes TOEFL sebagai keterampilan dan pengetahuan mahasiswa Universitas Megarezky, sehingga mahasiswa lulusan dari Universitas Megarezky memiliki kemampuan berkomunikasi yang baik, dan mampu bersaing di dunia pendidikan. Hal ini senadah dengan Jasrial (2022) bahwa TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) adalah salah satu dari beberapa jenis tes kecakapan yang telah digunakan oleh Universitas di seluruh dunia untuk standar kelulusan, lulus program bahasa Inggris, dan sebagainya (Jasrial et al, 2022).…”

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