Reni Sapitri
Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al-wasliyah

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STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINGKING SKILLS AS REFLECTED ON THEIR IELTS READING TEST: CASE STUDY AT UNIVERSITY OF MUSLIM NUSANTARA AL-WASLIYAH Reni Sapitri; Teguh Satria Amin
English Language Teaching and Research Vol 2, No 1 (2018): ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH
Publisher : English Language Teaching and Research

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Critical reading has close links to EFL students’ competence in reading comprehension. Reading is one of the skills which encourage the readers to think critically in understanding the texts comprehensively without concerning on the written text itself. In the level of university specifically English education major, the aims of language learning is a mean of communication. It encourages the students to be able to understand the language concept in form of writing of various topics, explain the relationship and apply it by transforming the information or ideas with their own language. Thus, this research describes the critical thinking of the students as reflected on the IELTS reading test on the reading class. The respondents consisted of 25 students of English department from semester VII in 2017/2018 academic year in UMN Al-wasliyah. The research was conducted in qualitative in which the data were collected through reading test, observation, and interview. The findings recognize that critical reading skills are utmost importance for EFL students. However, many of them unable to apply relevant critical thinking skills in analyzing what they were reading. Keywords: Critical Thinking, Critical Reading, IELTS.
COGNITIVE PROCESS OF THE STUDENTS IN WRITING ARGUMENTATIVE TEXT Reni Sapitri
English Education:Journal of English Teaching and Research Vol 2 No 1 (2017): English Education
Publisher : Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

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This study examined whether cognitive process ( students majoring in social and natural science) influences their writing in argumentative text. In qualitative research designs, the researcher administered writing test with five various topics in argumentative text form and then conducted a retrospective interview. The subjects were the students of SMA Negeri 1 Padangsidimpuan from two different majors, Natural Science Major and Social Science Major. The analysis showed that the cognitive processes of the students from the two majors were different in planning, translating and reviewing. The cognitive processes of the students were different because they have different ability in the proficiency of writing, vocabulary and discourse comprehension.
Applying Reciprocal Questioning (ReQuest) to Improve Students’ Critical Reading Ability Reni Sapitri; Teguh Satria Amin
Jurnal Studi Guru dan Pembelajaran Vol. 1 No. 1 (2018): October - December
Publisher : Universitas Cokroaminoto Palopo

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The objective of the research was to investigate the improvement of critical reading skills in reading by the English students through reciprocal questioning (ReQuest). The respondents consisted of 25 students from the VII grade in 2017/2018 academic year. The data were collected through reading tests, observation, and interview. The result indicated that the application of reciprocal questioning strategy significantly improve the critical reading ability of the students as reflected in pre-test and post-test in cycle 1 and cycle 2: 9.8; 16.04; and 17.64. The findings were supported by the respondents’ positive attitudes as reflected in the interviews.