Strategies in dealing with the Reading Section of ‘TOEFL Prediction’: a case of Aceh EFL Learners

Zalha, Fera Busfina; Alfiatunnur, Alfiatunnur; Kamil, Cut Annisa Triana

doi:10.15408/ijee.v7i2.17622

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“…Most of them read whole of the text which spent their lot of time. In line with this idea, Zalha & Alfiatunnur (2020) explained that having appropriate strategies is one way to solve the problems in every section in TOEFL test, include reading comprehension section.…”

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The Problems Faced by Physiotherapy Students and Their Causes in Completing Reading Comprehension Section of ITP TOEFL

Meladina

Dasril

2021

Elsya

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TOEFL is an important English test that should be taken by all university students from all the study programs in Indonesia. Each student needs to know all English skills tested and master those skills as well. This study was conducted to investigate the difficulties faced by non-English students, namely students of physiotherapy study program with section three reading comprehension of International Testing Program (ITP) TOEFL as well as the causes of difficulties encountered. The type of this research was descriptive quantitative. Using total sampling technique, all of 36 physiotherapy students in the University of Fort De Kock Bukittinggi were chosen as the samples. The data were collected through a multiple-choice test consisting of 50 questions with four options and questionnaire. The data were then analyzed using Roger’s 2011 theory on the seven types of questions of reading tested in ITP TOEFL. The results showed that all of the students had problems with main idea (24.0%), factual question (26.1%), inference question (26.3%), vocabularies in-context (29.4%), and negative question (34.4%) (difficult questions, scanning (13.8%) and reference question (18.0%) (the most difficult questions. These problems are caused by a number of factors such as feeling panic to face long passages, limitation of vocabularies, lack of practice, and less motivation. Therefore, English teachers and trainers are strongly encouraged to pay more attention to the reading problems faced by the students in ITP TOEFL as well as the causes of the problems by facilitating and providing more study exercises and practice.

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The Problems Faced by Physiotherapy Students and Their Causes in Completing Reading Comprehension Section of ITP TOEFL

Meladina

Dasril

2021

Elsya

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“…This type of TOEFL is known as the TOEFL Prediction test (Mahmud, 2014). This type of TOEFL, which is also known as TOEFL-like or TOEFL-equivalent, is issued directly by the university and is mainly only used for internal purposes, whether as a requirement for entrance, graduation, or scholarship (Mahmud, 2014;Zalha, Alfiatunnur, & Kamil, 2020).…”

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The mapping of TOEFL scores among EFL students in Aceh

Umar

Kasim

Samad

2022

EEJ

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The purpose of this study was to describe the proficiency level of English for Foreign Language (EFL) students based on their TOEFL scores. The samples for this descriptive quantitative study consisted of 30 English Education Department students from Syiah Kuala University and Ar-Raniry State Islamic University. The scores gathered from the organised TOEFL test were analysed according to the CEFR reference levels to categorise the English proficiency level of the students. The total TOEFL scores gathered showed that, on average, the students placed in the B1 (intermediate) level of English proficiency. Individually, there were four students in the A2 (elementary) level, 15 students in the B1 (intermediate) level, ten students in the B2 (upper intermediate) level, and one student in the C1 (advanced) level of proficiency. Regarding the skills proficiency, on average, the students achieved the B2 (upper intermediate) level in the first section, which was higher than the remaining two sections that averaged on the B1 (intermediate) level. The students’ proficiency levels found in this study showed that, on average, they were able to pass the universities’ TOEFL graduation requirement but still fall short for abroad scholarship admission.

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“…Findings concluded that the participants employed a variety of strategies, such as test-management strategies. Additionally, Zalha, Alfiatunnur, and Kamil (2020) identified the strategy of six English Language Education Department students of UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh in dealing with the reading comprehension section of the TOEFL test. Data of semi-structured interviews revealed five strategies the participants employed when dealing with the reading comprehension section of the TOEFL test i.e., skimming, scanning, using context to understand the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary, and utilizing background knowledge.…”

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Palestinian EFL University Students’ Problems with the Reading Sections of the TOEFL Internet-based Test and the Revised TOEFL paper-delivered Test

Hammad¹

2021

AWEJ

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Despite Palestinian university students’ problems with the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-based Test, no researchers approached this research area in the Palestinian English as a Foreign Language context. The present study attempted to answer a question focusing on Palestinian university students’ problems with the reading sections of the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-based Test and the revised Test of English as a Foreign Language paper-delivered test. The participants were 65 fourth-year students studying English at Al-Aqsa University. The researcher employed four instruments: a test, a group semi-structured interview, and two individual semi-structured interviews. Results showed the students’ problems with the reading sections of the two types of tests, such as the irrelevance of the topics of the tests to the students’ content background knowledge, students’ lack of exposure to lengthy passages, students’ slow reading speed, and the students’ lack of linguistic proficiency. Additionally, the study offered many recommendations for Educational Testing Service experts and Al-Aqsa university students and instructors.

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Strategies in dealing with the Reading Section of ‘TOEFL Prediction’: a case of Aceh EFL Learners

Cited by 7 publications

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The Problems Faced by Physiotherapy Students and Their Causes in Completing Reading Comprehension Section of ITP TOEFL

The Problems Faced by Physiotherapy Students and Their Causes in Completing Reading Comprehension Section of ITP TOEFL

The mapping of TOEFL scores among EFL students in Aceh

Palestinian EFL University Students’ Problems with the Reading Sections of the TOEFL Internet-based Test and the Revised TOEFL paper-delivered Test

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