SEPTIANSYAH, ANUGERAH (2017) AN ANALYSIS OF PROBLEMS FACED BY SENIOR STUDENTS IN STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION (SWE) SECTION OF TEST OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (TOEFL) (A Survey Study at English Education Program of Mataram University). S1 thesis, Universitas Mataram.
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This thesis entitled An Analysis of Problems Faced by Senior Students in Structure and Written Expression (SWE) Section of Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): A Survey Study at English Education Program of Mataram University is aimed to find out types of items in SWE section of TOEFL create difficulty and the factors causing the difficulty faced by the senior students in answering the SWE section items of TOEFL. The population of this research was the senior undergraduate students of English Education Program who were in 6th semester, 8th semester and above who have taken all Grammar series (Grammar 1, 2, 3, and Advanced Grammar). The total number of the population was 163 people, 40 students of them were chosen as the sample through purposive sampling method. The data collection was done through testing, questionnaire, and interview. The test result was converted into TOEFL convertion table while questionnaire and interview were analyzed manually. The result of the research revealed that the types of items in SWE section of TOEFL creating difficulty for the senior students are related to 11 types of topics which are about the use of prepositions, verbs as complement, compound sentences, articles, adverbial clauses, prepositional phrases, direct object, word choices, tenses, pronouns, and determiners. The factors causing the problems are because of the internal and the external factors of the students. From the internal factors, the problems occur because of the low confidence level of the students in using Grammar and their lack of educational backgrounds of Grammar. From their external factors, the problems occur due to their perspective about SWE section of TOEFL such as time allotted to the TOEFL test is not enough for them, their perspective about the SWE section of TOEFL is more difficult than other sections, and Written Expression items are more difficult to answer
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Keywords (Kata Kunci): | Survey, Grammar Difficulties, TOEFL, Structure and Written Expression section |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan |
| Depositing User: | Ayus Suyarsih |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2017 05:50 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2017 05:50 |
| URI: | http://eprints.unram.ac.id/id/eprint/848 |
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