Detail The Correlation Between Vocabulary Size and Performance on TOEFL Reading Section   Oleh:  Nugroho, Ardi Jenis: Article from Proceeding Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 3, page 122-132. Topik: vocabulary size; TOEFL reading section Fulltext: hal 122.pdf (11.0MB) Isi artikel EFL learners often have trouble communicating because they lack the exact vocabulary to express their thoughts and ideas accurately. Vocabulary is not only crucial in communication, but the lack of knowledge of lexical items in English can also affect a learner’s ability to understand various texts. One type of reading material that learners of English may encounter is the reading passages in a TOEFL test. TOEFL tests are commonly used for admission purposes in universities abroad, or even just as a general assessment of one’s overall English proficiency. Seeing as TOEFL tests are important, it is imperative that learners of English have an adequate vocabulary size in order to perform well on the reading section of the test. Therefore, this study attempts to explore the relation between vocabulary size and performance on TOEFL reading section. The data for this research is taken from students from the English Language and Culture department at Bunda Mulia University. This study is limited to analyzing the vocabulary size of the students and its relation to five types of reading comprehension items found in the TOEFL reading section, i.e. vocabulary, factual information, rhetorical purpose, inference, and reference questions. The vocabulary size of the students is measured using the Vocabulary Size Test by Nation and Beglar (2007), and its relation to the different types of reading comprehension items is analyzed using Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. The result of the study shows that vocabulary size correlates significantly with 4 of the 5 types of TOEFL reading comprehension items analyzed in the research, i.e. vocabulary, factual information, rhetorical purpose, and reference questions. The only type in which there is no significant relation is the inference questions. Additionally, since the result show positive correlations, the higher the vocabulary size, the better the performance. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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