An Analysis of Students Difficulties in Learning Toefl at Seventh Semester of Universitas HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22139725 |
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| Authors | Herman Herman (0000-0001-6818-5142, University of HKBP Nommensen), Dumaris E Silalahi (University of HKBP Nommensen), Yanti Kristina Sinaga (University of HKBP Nommensen), Gabriella Clarisa Silaban (University of HKBP Nommensen) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 805 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ideas Jurnal Pendidikan Sosial dan Budaya (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2442-367X • E-ISSN: 2656-940X |
| Publisher | Ideas Publishing (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.32884/ideas.v9i3.1391 |
| OpenAlex | W4386544758 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The purpose of this study is to investigate the students difficulties in conducting the TOEFL test in the skill of structure and written expressions. Descriptive qualitative was implemented in this research with students of the seventh semester of English Department of Universitas HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar as the data. The result was the most difficult skills faced by the students were skill 25, it was the use parallel structure with paired conjunction, with only 3 students. Some factors causing the skill to be the most difficult was students lost their focus in managing time and they were lack of knowledge and training in practising the section of structure (grammar)
English language · Focus on form · Grammar · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Test of English as a Foreign Language · Educational Methods and Media Use · English Language Learning and Teaching · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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