mathematics, science, language, and others depend on the ability to read. In high school and college reading ability becomes even more important. Through reading
we acquire new ideas, obtain needed information, seek support for our ideas and broaden our interest. We can also get the message that the writer expressess.
Reading is important as the language skill, especially in writing. It is necessary to discuss this skill because learning writing can help the students in
writing English final project. Writing the final project itself required for students starting in the 7
th
semester. The fifth semester students also would be test takers of TOEFL as the requirement of the graduation from the university. Therefore, I
need to know the reading competence of the fifth semester students who had learned material of intensive reading up to advance reading.
To find out the reading profile of the English students, TOEFL test items can be used to measure because TOEFL as one of standardized test. The whole
aspects were tested to determine the student‟s reading mastery can be represented by using TOEFL test.
The aspects are finding meanings in words, phrase, and sentence; inferencing; scanning for details; reading for main ideas and its shown in the table
of specification.
1.2 Reason for Choosing the Topic
I choose the topic “The Reading Profile between The English Education and Literature Junior Students Assessed by Using TOEFL
A Case of the 5
th
semester English‟ Students of Education and Literature Program of University of Semarang State in the Academic Year 20122013 for the following reasons:
First, the 5
th
semester students in Education and Literature Program had studied reading for four semesters. They studied Intensive Reading in the 1
st
semester, Elementary Reading Comprehension in the 2
nd
semester, Intermediate Reading Comprehension in the 3
rd
semester, and the last was Advance Reading Comprehension in the 4
th
semester. They are expected to have mastered reading comprehension from basic until advance level, each 2 credit hours and especially
for Intensive Reading 4 credit hours. Hopefully, they are able to complete TOEFL test well.
The second reason that reading is one of the four skills in learning language. For English Department students, reading is one of the basic skills that
have to master in understanding the texts. Reading is needed to enrich their knowledge through textbook and other reference materials. Because of its
important role, they should study reading. The third reason is that TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language
evaluates the potential success of an individual to use and understand standard America English at a college level. TOEFL contains reading, listening, and
structure test or grammar. It is standardized test, so it can represent the students‟ reading capability without doing pre-test and post test.
1.3 Statements of the Problem
The problem that is going to be discussed in this study is: How is the reading profile of the English department junior students
between education and literature program assessed by using TOEFL ?
1.4 Objective of the Study
The objectives of this study can be stated as follows: To describe the reading profile of the English department junior students
between education and literature program assessed by using TOEFL.
1.5 Significance of the Study
