The Correlation between Undergraduate Students' Reading Interest and Their Ability to Understand TOEFL Reading Test
Keywords:
reading, interest, TOEFL, English studentAbstract
Even though English student are considered to be closer to English, not a few also turn out to be less proficient in English. This paper discussed about relation between undergraduate students’ reading interest and their ability to understand TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) Reading Test. This research used descriptive quantitative method. The subject of the study were 17 undergraduate students in English department from STAIN Bengkalis who had studied about extensive reading and academic reading. The correlation between the two is whether interest in English affects the understanding of the TOEFL Reading Test in English students. Researcher used TOEFL reading test and questionnaire to see the correlation between both variables. This research shows that interest in reading is not always in line with their ability to solve TOEFL reading test. Because it could be that the subject's reading material is not always related to the TOEFL Reading Test.References
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