Correlational Investigation of Indonesian EFL Learners’ Critical Thinking, and Grammar Mastery with Their Reading Comprehension Achievement
- DOI
- 10.2991/icems-17.2018.18How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Reading Comprehension Achievement, Critical Thinking, Grammar Mastery
- Abstract
Critical thinking and grammar mastery play a prominent role in fostering students’ reading comprehension skill. Reading comprehension is a prominent aspects to develop other English skills. The present study was to investigate the relationship Indonesian learners’ critical thinking with their reading comprehension achievement. The participants were 53 first year of university students which majoring in English. The sample of the recent study was chosen through simple random sampling. The data were analyzed by using Pearsons’ correlation calculation. The finding of the study indicated that: firstly, the relationship between critical thinking and reading comprehension achievement was categorized moderate interpretation. Secondly, the relationship between grammar mastery and reading comprehension was in moderate categorized. Based on the results above, it can be summed up that among variables show a significant correlation between critical thinking and reading comprehension; grammar mastery with reading comprehension achievement. The other researchers should take a consideration to continue deeply, widely, comprehensively to obtain a wholeness and completeness. Last but not least. The study has implications for course designers, teachers, and students.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Alek Alek AU - Estetika Handayani PY - 2017/10 DA - 2017/10 TI - Correlational Investigation of Indonesian EFL Learners’ Critical Thinking, and Grammar Mastery with Their Reading Comprehension Achievement BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education in Muslim Society (ICEMS 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 89 EP - 92 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icems-17.2018.18 DO - 10.2991/icems-17.2018.18 ID - Alek2017/10 ER -