[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-seo-456384-105":3,"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":81,"doc-detail-456384-en":131},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"ok",{"site_id":7,"language":8,"slug":9,"title":10,"keywords":11,"description":12,"schema_data":13,"social_meta":74,"head_meta":76,"extra_data":78,"updated_unix":80},105,"en","reading-test-how-students-face-it-in-ept","Reading Test: How Students Face It in EPT","","Many perceptions address reading comprehension linked to the TOEFL/EPT context. Students in non-English speaking countries, including Indonesia, often struggle to master English texts, which can lower reading test performance. This qualitative-descriptive study involved six participants who had taken an English Proficiency Test with reading as a section. Findings identify five reading challenges and three corresponding strategies, concluding that sufficient vocabulary is critical for understanding the given text.",{"@graph":14,"@context":73},[15,34,56],{"@type":16,"itemListElement":17},"BreadcrumbList",[18,23,27,31],{"item":19,"name":20,"@type":21,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",1,{"item":24,"name":25,"@type":21,"position":26},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":28,"name":29,"@type":21,"position":30},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/exam/","Exam",3,{"item":32,"name":10,"@type":21,"position":33},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/reading-test-how-students-face-it-in-ept/456384/",4,{"url":32,"name":10,"@type":35,"image":36,"author":41,"headline":10,"publisher":44,"fileFormat":47,"inLanguage":8,"description":12,"dateModified":48,"datePublished":49,"encodingFormat":47,"isAccessibleForFree":50,"interactionStatistic":51},"DigitalDocument",{"url":37,"@type":38,"width":39,"height":40},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/reading-test-how-students-face-it-in-ept/456384.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":42,"@type":43},"Aldword","Person",{"url":19,"name":45,"@type":46},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-19","2026-09-30",true,{"@type":52,"interactionType":53,"userInteractionCount":55},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":54},"ViewAction",11,{"@type":57,"mainEntity":58},"FAQPage",[59,65,69],{"name":60,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":62},"What reading challenges do EPT/EPT test-takers face in the study?","Question",{"text":63,"@type":64},"The study identifies challenges such as finding the main idea, determining the meaning of a complex word, identifying pronoun reference, specifying implied detail, and determining the passage’s tone.","Answer",{"name":66,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":67},"What strategies help test-takers improve reading performance?",{"text":68,"@type":64},"Three strategies are reported: reading the first sentence of each paragraph, guessing using context clues, and skimming.",{"name":70,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":71},"Why is vocabulary considered critical for reading comprehension in EPT?",{"text":72,"@type":64},"The study concludes that inadequate vocabulary prevents understanding the text quickly, and greater vocabulary mastery leads to better comprehension during the reading test.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":75,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":45,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":77,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":79,"site_id":7},456384,1791244012,{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":83},"success",[84,88,92,95,100,105,110,115,120,123,127],{"id":22,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":85,"show_sort_weight":86,"slug":87},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":26,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":89,"show_sort_weight":90,"slug":91},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":33,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":93,"slug":94},70,"exam",{"id":96,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":97,"show_sort_weight":98,"slug":99},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":101,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":102,"show_sort_weight":103,"slug":104},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":106,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":107,"show_sort_weight":108,"slug":109},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":111,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":112,"show_sort_weight":113,"slug":114},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":116,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":117,"show_sort_weight":118,"slug":119},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":118,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":121,"show_sort_weight":118,"slug":122},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":124,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":125,"show_sort_weight":124,"slug":126},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":128,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":129,"show_sort_weight":96,"slug":130},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":132},{"doc_id":79,"user_id":133,"nickname":42,"user_avatar":134,"doc_module":4,"category_id":33,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":135,"file_id":136,"file_url":137,"file_type":138,"file_size":139,"view_count":55,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":101,"language":140,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145},2336478940917,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_6f874abed73319feea01a86fa6f0fab8","Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 626  \nInternational Conference on Sustainable Innovation Track Humanities Education and  \nSocial Sciences (ICSIHESS 2021)  \nReading Test: How Students Face It in EPT  \nMaryam Sorohiti 1, * , Dwi Okti Istiqomah2  \n1,2English Language Education Department, Faculty of English Language Education Department, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia  \n*[Corresponding author. Email: maryamsorohiti@umy.ac.id](Corresponding author. Email: maryamsorohiti@umy.ac.id)  \nABSTRACT  \nMany perceptions have been expressed regarding reading comprehension related to the TOEFL test. Most students in higher education in non-English speaking countries such as Indonesia still have difficulty mastering English texts. The implication is that the TOEFL test results have also decreased. The reading test section is a part that must also be mastered well by students to increase their scores. This qualitative-descriptive study involved six participants with specific criteria. One of them was that they had already taken one form of the English Proficiency Test (EPT) with reading as one of the sections. The results obtained included five challenges and three strategies regarding reading skills in ETP. The five challenges were looking for the main idea, determining the meaning of a complex word, identifying pronoun reference, specifying implied detail, and determining the passage’s tone while the three strategies were reading the first sentence of each paragraph, guessing and using context clues, and skimming. In conclusion, all test-taker candidates of EPT must prepare themselves with adequate vocabulary to understand the meaning of the text given because the more vocabulary mastered, the greater the understanding of the text read. Therefore, one conclusion that can be drawn is that vocabulary plays a critical role in understanding the text given in the test.  \nKeywords: reading comprehension, EPT, challenge, strategy  \n1. INTRODUCTION  \nReading comprehension is an essential academic skill to support knowledge achievement across all courses. Difficulty in understanding what students read can result in difficulty in mastering the lesson. In general, students with learning disabilities experience poor comprehension due to their failure to read strategically and spontaneously [1] . In reading, two aspects are crucial in influencing a person ’s fluency: speed and accuracy. Readers with maximum fluency will show a smooth process in getting information in their minds [2] .  \nProblems will arise more when the reader reads a foreign language text, for example, English [3] . Students who read their mother tongue will understand the content of the text faster than those who read texts, not from their mother tongue [4]. Therefore, reading, in this case by students whose English is not their first language, faces many problems, mainly because of the limited vocabulary [5] .  \nEspecially for reading comprehension on the English Proficiency Test (ETP), such as TOEFL requires an extensive vocabulary to support understanding [6] . In the reading section, the emphasis is on the ability to understand a given passage. In this case, what a test-taker need is more than the ability to read and understand the material presented. To understand the material, one inevitably has to have an adequate vocabulary. If one does not have enough vocabulary, they may not understand the material presented.  \nIn reading comprehension, test-takers will encounter questions about the meaning of certain words related to the existing context. Vocabulary is also essential knowledge because without having a complete vocabulary, one will not understand the reading quickly. The words that one encounters may not even be words that one commonly encounters in English lessons. Therefore, one must enrich their vocabulary.  \nThe reading comprehension test is one part of EPT in which some challenges occur when non-English speaking studen","cbCairFTzZO4kEb3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairFTzZO4kEb3","pdf",321357,"English","# ABSTRACT\n# 1. INTRODUCTION\n## Reading comprehension as an academic skill\n## Challenges with foreign-language texts\n## Vocabulary and implied-detail inference\n## Reading strategies to overcome challenges","[{\"question\":\"What reading challenges do EPT/EPT test-takers face in the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study identifies challenges such as finding the main idea, determining the meaning of a complex word, identifying pronoun reference, specifying implied detail, and determining the passage’s tone.\"},{\"question\":\"What strategies help test-takers improve reading performance?\",\"answer\":\"Three strategies are reported: reading the first sentence of each paragraph, guessing using context clues, and skimming.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is vocabulary considered critical for reading comprehension in EPT?\",\"answer\":\"The study concludes that inadequate vocabulary prevents understanding the text quickly, and greater vocabulary mastery leads to better comprehension during the reading test.\"}]","Reading Test: How Students Face It in EPT | PDF",1790745886,15]