A Narrative Research: a Student's Strategies in Reading Comprehension on TOEFL at the Eighth Semester of English Education Department of Lancang Kuning

Abstract

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is a kind of proficiency test for students to know about their proficiency of English. To measure the students' comprehension of reading, the students were demanded to follow one of the proficiency test of English namely Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The purpose of this research was to find out the student's strategies in reading comprehension on TOEFL at the Eighth Semester of English Education Department of Lancang Kuning University. Design of this research was narrative research. Sample of this research was the student who had the highest score in reading comprehension on TOEFL. Instrument that was used in this research was interview, questionairres and documents. The result of analyzing data shows that the informant got the highest score in reading comprehension on TOEFL because he used several strategies to help him in answering the reading comprehension test on TOEFL such as predicting, skimming and scanning, and re-reading. In conclusion, these strategies as one of variaty may be applied by the students of English Education Departemen of Lancang Kuning University and others students to comprehend or be better on their reading comprehension on TOEFL