Indonesian Journal of Elt and Applied Linguistic
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2023): Indonesian Journal of ELT and Applied Linguistics

EFL Students’ Understanding of Moral Values in Reading English Narrative Text

Novita sari (Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al Washliyah)
Ahmad Laut Hasibuan (Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al Washliyah)
Annisa Zahra Hasibuan (Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al Washliyah)
Nazriani Lubis (Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al Washliyah)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Sep 2023

Abstract

This research deals with students' understanding of moral values ​​in English narrative texts. This research was conducted by students’ of SMP IT Nurul Ikhwan Pantai Cermin. This research focused on "what moral values ​​are understood by students after reading the narrative text and analyzing the moral values ​​contained in the narrative text. This research aimed to analyzed what moral values understood by students that were consisted of patience, kindness, helpful and humbleness. The method used in this research is qualitative method. The subjects of the research were 9 students and they divided into 3 groups: students with higher reading comprehension, students with moderate reading comprehension and students with lower reading comprehension. Technique of collecting the data was done by providing narrative texts that have moral values ​​to students, researchers provided questions related to moral values ​​and then researchers determine students' understanding of moral values. From the results of data collection it was concluded that there are still many students who did not understand the moral values ​​in narrative texts due to lacked of English vocabulary and lacked of understanding of information contained in English texts

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJEAL

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

The issues of English language teaching keeps being a major focus discussed by scholars in education area. International Journal of ELT and Applied Linguistics (IJEAL) is established by Magister of English language Education study program, Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al Washliyah. IJEAL is a ...