Question Types on Reading Comprehension in TOEFL Test: An Implication in Teaching Reading TOEFL to Students - An Academic Journal Article

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Reading comprehension in the TOEFL test is constrained by short time, numerous texts, and extensive question items, making accurate and quick processing essential for test-takers. This descriptive qualitative study examines reading question types across pre-test and post-test TOEFL and analyzes their teaching implications. The findings identify five main question types: idea of passage, directly answered, indirectly answered, vocabulary, and overall review questions, along with strategy recommendations for instruction.

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Introduction

TOEFL Reading Overview

Reading section structure and time constraints

Question sequence and types

E-ISSN: 2830-0947 Journal of English and Education (JEE), 10(1) 2024, 41-54 | |

JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND EDUCATION | | --- | --- | Available athttps://journal.uii.ac.id/JEE Question Types on Reading Comprehension in TOEFL Test: An Implication in Teaching Reading TOEFL to StudentsTira Nur Fitria1 * 1Islamic Economics Department, Institut Teknologi Bisnis AAS, Indonesia *Corresponding author: tiranurfitria@gmail.com Article Info Abstract Article History: Reading section in TOEFL is challenging because there are Received: March 7, 2024 many textsand test items tobe completed ina relatively short RevisedAccepted: M: ayMa8y,2280,224024 time. Thus, test-takers should read quickly and precisely. This study describes the types of reading comprehension in Pre - Test and Post-Test TOEFL and its implications in teachingDOI: 10.20885/jee.v10i1.33363 reading TOEFL. This research is descriptive and qualitative. The result analysis shows that several types of readingquestions in Pre-Test and Post-Test TOEFL are 1) idea ofpassage questions, 2) directly answered questions, 3)indirectly answered questions, 4) vocabulary questions, and 5)overall review questions. When teaching TOEFL reading tostudents, it is important to employ several general strategies.These include introducing the various categories of readingquestions, followed by questions that refer to specificsentences in the reading. Additionally, providing explanationson how to answer the questions is essential for effectivecomprehension. The TOEFL reading teaching strategyinvolves introducing various types of reading questions, andexercises that refer to certain sentences in the reading, as wellas providing explanations on how to answer the questions.Through this approach, students can gain a betterunderstanding of the structure and types of questions thatmay appear in the TOEFL exam. Keywords: question type, reading comprehension, teachingreading, TOEFL Copyright © Authors 2024. Journal of English and Education (JEE) is licensed under a Creative CommonsAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License . 42 Journal of English and Education (JEE), 10(1), 2024,41-54 # INTRODUCTION We may be familiar with the term TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) as anEnglish proficiency test (Fitria, 2021b). At first, this test was only applied to students andcountries whose mother tongue isnot English, but who want to study in countries that speakEnglish as their mother tongue, either via line scholarships or self-test(Fauzy et al., 2013) .Then, along with the development, this test is also used for standardization for certainpurposes. The TOEFL test results are also used as material for consideration regarding theEnglish language skills of prospective students who apply to colleges or for employees whoapply toa company (Fitria, 2021a;Fitria & Prastiwi, 2020) . The Paper-Based Test (PBT), the Computer-Based Test (CBT), and the Internet-Based Test(IBT) are the three forms of TOEFL examinations that are most often administered. The Testof English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is designed to assess the level of Englishproficiency of individuals whose first language isnot English(Benedick, 2021;Morris, 2019) .Itis addedCastello (2009)that relates to measuring English competence, the Test of Englishas a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is "intended to measure English proficiency broadlyinterpreted, without the engagement of any special background knowledge or specificreference to learning English." According to Kennison (2018), the component of the Test ofEnglish Language Proficiency (TOEFL) is used by the greatest number of people. In therecent past, the TOEFL has been subjected to several modifications. A paper-based exam,sometimes known as a PBT, existed as early as 1995. The vocabulary and readingcomprehension portion, the hearing section, and the structure and written expressioncomponent were the three. There are three components that we are requ

FAQs

Why is the TOEFL reading section considered challenging?

It involves many texts and question items that must be completed within a relatively short time, requiring reading quickly and precisely.

What main reading question types appear in pre-test and post-test TOEFL?

The study groups them into five types: idea of passage questions, directly answered questions, indirectly answered questions, vocabulary questions, and overall review questions.

What teaching strategies are recommended for TOEFL reading instruction?

Instruction should introduce categories of reading questions, include exercises linked to specific sentences, and provide explanations on how to answer the questions.

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