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Qinling Zhou; Fengjiao Du; Yueli Lu; Hanwei Wang; Herman; Shunzhi Yang – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
This study investigates the evolution of reading comprehension abilities in Indonesian learners of the Chinese Heritage Language (CHL), by comparing their scores on the Chinese Proficiency Test, a test specifically designed for CHL learners. A total of 275 candidates, divided into early adolescent (M[subscript age] = 13.56), late adolescent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Young Adults, Second Language Learning
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Caroline Victorine Katemba; Trisuci Theofani Pepayosa Br Barus – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2024
The study aimed to identify the primary obstacles encountered by junior high school students when learning English. Conducted as a cross-sectional survey, data were gathered from 102 9th-grade students in three public schools in Parongpong using a Likert questionnaire and analyzed through mean scores. Findings revealed that the key barriers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Junior High School Students, Grade 9
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Mardianti, Nunung; Wijayati, Primardiana Hermilia; Murtadho, Nurul – International Journal of Language Education, 2021
This study was aimed at analyzing the correlation between reading anxiety and reading comprehension of ESP students in Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang. The participants in this study were 50 first-year Governmental Science students who took intensive reading I. This study used correlational design to analyze the relationship between two variables…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Reading Comprehension, Knowledge Level, English for Special Purposes
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Xuan, Kan; S., Debora Chaterin – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2017
The teaching of listening in Indonesia is essential, a process that is considered to be indispensable. This paper explores several factors that affect students' listening comprehension ability; which are: limitation of vocabulary, teaching strategy, limitation of materials and equipment, student's listening anxiety, exposure towards American…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Listening Comprehension, Vocabulary
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Arifani, Yudhi; Rosyid, Harunur – English Language Teaching, 2016
Reading as one of English skills has paramount features in shaping EFL English competence. Referring to the importance for reading, it is inevitable that teaching method, assessments tools, reading material and activities have indispensable tasks to attain EFL learners' reading objectives. This study is intended to develop integrated reading…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Reading Skills
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Nurweni, Ari; Read, John – English for Specific Purposes, 1999
A study investigated the English vocabulary knowledge of 324 first-year students at an Indonesian university. Results indicate that on average, students had some knowledge of 1226 English words, far less than the 3000-5000 word range widely considered a threshold level for independent reading of unsimplified texts. Only a small portion of students…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English (Second Language), English for Academic Purposes, English for Special Purposes