ASSESSING NON-ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS’ MASTERY OF ACADEMIC CONTENT AREA READING
Abstract: This study addresses
mainly college students’comprehension on academic texts. It involves 400
respondents of three state and three private universities in Malang with study
programs with ‘high, ‘fair’, and ‘low’ bases
on the proportion
of the study
programs accredited A
by the National
Board of Accreditation (BAN). Quantitative data were
analyzed descriptively and comparatively. The results show reading comprehension
of most respondents ranges from ‘avarage’ to ‘low’. Most word attack skills and
text content attack skills are low. Text structure attack skills are not
adequately mastered. The respondents’ compre-hension across state universities
does not significantly differ, but there is a difference across private univer-sities,
limited to certain private
universities. A significant difference between the comprehension of
stu-dents of state universities and private universities and a
significant difference between the comprehension of science
and social studies
students are evidenced.
Most respondents are
not yet ready
for academic comprehension of
English.
Author: Gunadi H. Sulistyo
Journal Code: jppendidikangg130063
