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56 their English mark last semester was 77.24. The data gained from the distribution
of the questionnaire is presented in the table 4.1.
Table 4.1 The Data of the Questionnaire for the Students
No Questions Answers
Number Percentage
1 When
did the
participants start
learning English? a. Kindergarten
b. Elementary School grade: 1
2 3
4 5
6 c. Junior High School class 1
10 6
4 19
34 2
13.33 8
5.33 25.33
45.33 2.66
2 In the participants’
opinion, to
what extent are English
reading skills
important for their present and future
life? a. very important
b. important c. not really important
54 21
72 28
3 Why
do the
participants need to have English reading
skills for? a. studying
b. communicating with foreigners c. working in the future life
d. passing national
final examination
e. reading information
from various media
f. 61
58 50
47
62 5
81.33 77.33
66.67 62.67
82.67 6.67
4 How
do the
participants value
their English reading comprehension
so far?
a. very good b. good
c. sufficient d. poor
1 24
46 4
1.33 32
61.33 5.33
5 What do the
participants think about the reading
materials given by their English teacher
so far? a. very interesting
b. interesting c. average
d. not interesting 9
59 5
4 12
78.67 6.67
5.33
6 Have the materials
given by the participants’ English
teacher supported their English reading
skills development? a. yes
b. no 66
9 88
12
7 Do the participants
a. yes, mention 75
100
57
No Questions Answers
Number Percentage
have any difficulties in reading English
texts? b. no
8 a. From the topics
of recount text listed in the
following, the participants
choose 3 topics they like most.
b. From the topics of descriptive text
listed in the following, the
participants choose 3 topics
they like most.
c. From the topics of narrative text
listed in the following, the
participants choose 3 topics
they like most. a.1 biography
2 exploration 3 important events
4 invention 5 unforgettable experience
b. 1 animals 2 interesting places
3 outer space 4 people
5 plants c. 1 fable
2 fairy tale 3 folk tale
4 legend 5 myth
46 53
36 39
51
59 55
60 31
20
37 41
47 51
49 61.33
70.67 48
52 68
78.67 73.33
80 41.33
26.67
49.33 54.67
62.67 68
65.33 9
While reading English texts, what
strategies do the participants use?
a. Reading the text quickly to identify the main ideas or the
content of the text in general before reading carefully.
b. Reading the text quickly to find specific information in
the text. c. Predicting the content of the
next paragraph while reading. d. Arranging questions
they expect the text to answer
before reading the whole text. e. Relating the content of the
text to the knowledge they have.
f. Identifying sentence structure g. Trying not to translate the text
word by word. h. Relating one information to
the other information in the text.
i. Guessing the meaning of a new word by relating it to the
other words in its sentence or 20
31 35
11 25
28 21
25 56
26.67
41.33 46.67
14.67 33.33
37.33 28
33.33 74.67