STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF DIFFICULTIES IN TAKING THE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TEST

Hisan, Ainun Nissa (2024) STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF DIFFICULTIES IN TAKING THE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TEST. Skripsi thesis, UIN Prof. K.H Saifuddin Zuhri.

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ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to identify the students’ perception of difficulties in taking the English Proficiency Test by freshmen English students at UIN Prof. K.H Saifuddin Zuhri. EPTUS (English Proficiency Test of UIN SAIZU) was employed for graduation requirement. This research used mixed method that comprises of quantitative and qualitative to compile the data. Quantitative method was measured using Likert scale and calculated using the formula of RII (Relative Importance Index). Qualitative method was conducted using triangulation. The instruments of this research were questionnaire, interview, and documentations. The questionnaire was distributed to 46 freshmen English students in English Developing Class that become the population in this research. There were 16 statements in total that consist of 3 indicators namely Listening Comprehension, Structure and Written Expression and Reading Comprehension. The result indicated that listening comprehension and reading comprehension were classified into high difficulty. Structure and written expression was identied as low difficulty. The difficulty in the listening got (70%), structure and written expression had (63%) and reading received (63%). Recognize every single word in the spoken text, understand and avoid redundancy of the text, interlingual errors, insufficient grammar was considered as the most difficult aspects on each skill faced by the English students in taking the EPTUS. Keywords: Difficulty, English Proficiency Test, Perception

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