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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.