Analysis of EFL Students' Ability in Reading Vocabulary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Analysis of EFL Students' Ability in Reading Vocabulary of Synonyms and Antonyms
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英语学生近反义词阅读能力分析
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10.31849/lectura.v8i1.283
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2017
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Vina Fathira
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Vina Fathira
阅读对学术水平是很重要的。每个学生都必须有很多词汇来提高她/他的阅读技能。本研究的目的是分析高等教育阶段学生对阅读同义词和反义词词汇的理解情况。同义词和反义词是提高阅读理解能力的两个重要方面。本研究采用问卷设计的定量研究方法。与本研究样本相同的人群是北干巴STIBA Bunda Bunda的第五学期学生。研究过程分为三个部分。首先，让学生在同义词和反义词、数字和错误数字的多项选择题中选择最佳选项，并将错误数字分为不同的难度等级。最后，研究者对学生的同义词和反义词的阅读能力进行了分析，得出了学生在初级、中级和高级阶段的同义词和反义词的阅读能力的结果。研究结果表明，学生的同义词和反义词的阅读词汇能力属于“优秀”水平，平均分为85分。本研究的发现从三个难度层次的问题出发，解释了每一个层次的问题。在同义词方面，学生对初级、中级和高级问题的能力平均得分分别为89、85和84。而在反义词方面，学生对初级、中级和高级问题的平均得分分别为97、85和69。关键词：学生能力，阅读词汇，同义词和反义词
Reading is an important thing for academic level. Every student must have many vocabularies to encourage her/his reading skill. The aim of this research is to analyze the students' understanding of reading vocabularies of synonyms and antonyms in the higher education level. Synonyms and antonyms are two important things should be mastered to get better reading comprehension. The method used in this research was quantitative with survey design. The population same as the sample of this research was from fifth semester students of STIBA Persada Bunda Pekanbaru. The procedures of the research were divided into 3 parts. First, students were asked to choose the best choice in the multiple choice for synonyms and anton, number and the wrong number, and grouped the wrong number into difficulties level. Last, the researcher analyzed the students' ability in reading vocabulary of synonyms and antonyms and concluded the result of students' ability in reading vocabulary of synonyms and antonyms in elementary, intermediate, and advanced level. The result of this research showed that the students' ability in reading vocabulary of synonyms and antonyms was categorized into "excellent" level with mean score 85. From the three difficulties level of question, the findings of this research were explained every level of question. In synonyms, the mean score of students' ability were 89, 85, and 84 for elementary, intermediate, and advanced level of question. Whereas, in antonyms, the mean score of students' ability were 97, 85, and 69 for elementary, intermediate, and advanced level of question. Keywords: students' ability, reading vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms