Vocabulary Development and Listening Comprehension: A Critical Analysis of Student Challenges in TOEFL Test on the Nursing Students University

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10.2991/978-2-38476-331-3_20How to use a DOI?

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Vocabulary; Listening; TOEFL Test

Abstract

TOEFL test is a key assessment for non-native English Speakers seeking admission to universities and institutions in English -Speaking countries or for applying job to fulfills a requirement. Listening section of the TOEFL exam present significant challenges for students, particularly when unfamiliar or complex vocabulary is used in academic contexts. This study to identify the challenges and the obstacle that by faced by the nursing students in listening comprehension TOEFL Test. The respondents were 20 nursing students. Test listening and was a vocabulary level test (VLT) and Word Associates Test (WAT) used as instruments for this study. The methodology was qualitative with using correlation design. The data was analysis by comparing the result from VLT test and WAT test, and listening test. The findings highlight students’ struggles with academic and low-frequency vocabulary. The average nursing students got the obstacle in part 2 and part 3 in the listening section, where these parts, the students must understand a long conversation, and also use lecturing in explaining a material contained in the listening questions. It usually found in the third part of listening section. The students are constrained in understanding vocabulary particularly high-frequency words and vocabulary depth. While in the first part, 75% of the students answered with the correct choice.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nurjannah Nurjannah
AU  - Yuni Saputri
AU  - Auzan Qasthary
AU  - Intan Zuhra
AU  - Nurfadillah Nurfadillah
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/20
TI  - Vocabulary Development and Listening Comprehension: A Critical Analysis of Student Challenges in TOEFL Test on the Nursing Students University
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Educational Technology and Social Science (ICoETS 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 217
EP  - 224
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-331-3_20
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