Critical Thinking Abilities and Korean Reading Skills: To what extent do they correlate?

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10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_76How to use a DOI?

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Critical thinking; Korean students; Korean texts; Reading skills

ABSTRACT

According to the PISA published in 2018, Indonesia ranks third lowest in terms of reading skills, indicating that reading skills among Indonesian learners are still quite inadequate. This is perhaps due to the fact that critical thinking abilities are still lacking in Indonesia as well. Previous literature has highlighted the interplay between reading skills and critical thinking abilities. Hence, this study aims to determine the extent to which critical thinking abilities have a relationship with learners' reading skills of Korean texts. A quantitative approach with a correlation design was used in this study. Sixty-two undergraduate students majoring in Korean language education were involved. Ennis’ Theory (as cited in Samsudin & Hardini, 2019) was used to measure critical thinking skills, while Tampubolon’s Theory was used to measure reading skills. The instruments used in this study included a critical thinking questionnaire and a reading test. The results showed that the critical thinking abilities of the students were categorized as high. Meanwhile, the students exhibited fairly good reading skills. Furthermore, the correlation between the two variables was found to be not strong enough, with a correlation coefficient of 0.371. The effect of critical thinking abilities on reading skills is 13.7%, with a coefficient of determination (R square) of 0.137. Based on the results, while critical thinking abilities were high, reading skills were not strong enough. It can be concluded that there is a weak correlation between the student's critical thinking abilities and their skills in reading Korean texts.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Risa Triarisanti
AU  - Dwi Bhakti Oktavianto
AU  - Didi Sukyadi
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/30
TI  - Critical Thinking Abilities and Korean Reading Skills: To what extent do they correlate?
BT  - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 485
EP  - 489
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_76
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_76
ID  - Triarisanti2022
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