3. Indonesian Government
The research is also beneficial for the Indonesian government especially The Ministry of National Education of Indonesia by which provides them
feedback on how students of microteaching class of Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta, who are expected to be future teachers, comprehension of the text
types is; so that the government produces more trainings and seminars for the teachers and future teachers as necessary.
4. Other Researchers
The research is expected to give insight on the level of comprehension of text types of the microteaching students of Sanata Dharma University. It also
expected that the research will be beneficial for anyone in need for further research studies e.g. the research participants are real English teachers especially
considering that there is not many research have been conducted on this topic.
5. Policy Makers
The research is also projected to give suggestions and guidelines for evaluations of the education policy. It is expected that with the completion of the
research, the policy makers will be able to give a review of the existing policies in education that will lead into a better quality of education in Indonesia and
especially in Sanata Dharma University. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
F. Definition of Terms
This section presents the definition of terms which is intended to avoid confusion
and misconception,
namely microteaching
students, Text
comprehension, and text types.
1. Microteaching Students
Students of English Education of Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta are able to take this subject after they have passed the prerequisite subjects. The
goal of this class is as follows. The students understand the concepts and procedure of English language teaching and are able to apply them in a real
classroom teaching situation and to evaluate their teaching performance Nurwidasa, Bram, Budiraharja, Herawati 2004: p. 110.
2. Text Comprehension
Text comprehension refers to “begins with decoding of words, processing of those words in relation to one another to understand the many small ideas in the
text. And then, both unconsciously and consciously, it operates on the ideas in the text to construct the overall meaning encoded in the text” Pressley, 2000, p. 551.
In this research, text comprehension refers to the participants’ comprehension of the 12 kinds of text types.
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