Research Procedures RESEARCH METHOD
information from a complex text and give ideas
based on the given text.
c. Advanced: can recognize
various types of texts and understand implicit
information from a text. 35
11 31.4
In terms of students’ mastery skill, the result shows that 48.6 of the students are in intermediate level. This level expects the students to
understand main information from a complex text and give ideas based on the given texts.
Table 9:
Students’ Level in Mastering Mathematics Terms Vocabularies
Questions Items
N F
Vocabularies or mathematics
terms you have already
mastered. a.
100 35
11 31.4
b. 100 – 500
35 21
60 c.
500 – 1000 35
3 8.6
d. 1000
35
The table above shows the vocabularies have already mastered by students of International Mathematics Education. 60 of them have mastered
100 – 500 words. Meanwhile 31.3 of the students have mastered less than
100 words.
Table 10:
Students’ Goals in Learning Reading Skills
Questions Items
N F
Based on your study program,
the purposes of mastering
reading skills are:
a. To understand the references
which are
used during
learning processes 35
29 82.9
b. To understand the supporting
literatures such as journals and English articles
35 30
85.7
c. To be able to read
mathematics terms 35
30 85.7
d. To be able to read
mathematics symbols 35
21 60
e. To be able to read
mathematics symbols 35
15 42.9
f. To be able to read definitions
and theorems 35
22 62.9
g. Others write down.
35
Table 10 presents the purpose of the students in mastering English reading skills. 85.7 of the students believe that the purposes of mastering English
reading skills are to be able to read mathematics terms and to understand the supporting literatures such as journals and English articles. In addition, their
second choice is to understand the references which are used during learning processes. The third purpose is to be able to read definitions and theorems. The
last is to be able to read mathematics symbols.
2 Lacks
Hutchinson and Waters 1987 say that lack is the gap between the knowledge of the learners and objectives they must be achieved. The students’
view about their lacks is shown as follows.