The Vocabulary Profile of UN (Ujian Nasional) Reading Texts of Senior High School

This the study was aimed at investigating vocabulary profile of English UN 2015 Reading Texts for Senior High School. Content analysis was used as a research method. The data were vocabularies which encountered within 14 reading texts. The instruments were Lewis (1997) divisions of lexical items ada...

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Main Author: Andila Atmadja
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Language:English
Published: Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Curup 2020-05-01
Series:English Franca: Academic Journal of English Language and Education
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Online Access:http://journal.iaincurup.ac.id/index.php/english/article/view/1165
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description This the study was aimed at investigating vocabulary profile of English UN 2015 Reading Texts for Senior High School. Content analysis was used as a research method. The data were vocabularies which encountered within 14 reading texts. The instruments were Lewis (1997) divisions of lexical items adapted in Lakshmi (2012) and 1000-3000 new general service list by Browne and Coxhead (2013) within Vocab Profiler software inventing by Cobb (2009).The result showedthat(1) There were four lexical items encountered in the UN 2015 Reading Text. They were: polywords, collocation, a fixed expression, and semi-fixed expression. (2) The most dominant of lexical items were encountered in the Reading Text is collocation with 145 words (60%), Polywords with 51 words (21%), Semi fixed expression with 38 words (16%) and the lowest was fixed expression with 7 words (3%). (3) There were 1067 words (88%) in the UN reading text were the extent of coverage level 1000-3000 NGSL and NAWL level by Browne and Coxhead. The conclusion was the teacher should teach the students about collocation and other word partnership in order to assist students to comprehend the English text better.
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spelling doaj.art-0f2b646433174251891c1184d4ef5e7c2022-12-21T21:03:25ZengInstitut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) CurupEnglish Franca: Academic Journal of English Language and Education2580-36702580-36892020-05-01413554http://dx.doi.org/10.29240/ef.v4i1.1165The Vocabulary Profile of UN (Ujian Nasional) Reading Texts of Senior High SchoolAndila Atmadja0Atma Jaya Chatolic University IndonesiaThis the study was aimed at investigating vocabulary profile of English UN 2015 Reading Texts for Senior High School. Content analysis was used as a research method. The data were vocabularies which encountered within 14 reading texts. The instruments were Lewis (1997) divisions of lexical items adapted in Lakshmi (2012) and 1000-3000 new general service list by Browne and Coxhead (2013) within Vocab Profiler software inventing by Cobb (2009).The result showedthat(1) There were four lexical items encountered in the UN 2015 Reading Text. They were: polywords, collocation, a fixed expression, and semi-fixed expression. (2) The most dominant of lexical items were encountered in the Reading Text is collocation with 145 words (60%), Polywords with 51 words (21%), Semi fixed expression with 38 words (16%) and the lowest was fixed expression with 7 words (3%). (3) There were 1067 words (88%) in the UN reading text were the extent of coverage level 1000-3000 NGSL and NAWL level by Browne and Coxhead. The conclusion was the teacher should teach the students about collocation and other word partnership in order to assist students to comprehend the English text better.http://journal.iaincurup.ac.id/index.php/english/article/view/1165vocabulary profileun (ujian nasional)reading texts
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vocabulary profile
un (ujian nasional)
reading texts
title The Vocabulary Profile of UN (Ujian Nasional) Reading Texts of Senior High School
title_full The Vocabulary Profile of UN (Ujian Nasional) Reading Texts of Senior High School
title_fullStr The Vocabulary Profile of UN (Ujian Nasional) Reading Texts of Senior High School
title_full_unstemmed The Vocabulary Profile of UN (Ujian Nasional) Reading Texts of Senior High School
title_short The Vocabulary Profile of UN (Ujian Nasional) Reading Texts of Senior High School
title_sort vocabulary profile of un ujian nasional reading texts of senior high school
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un (ujian nasional)
reading texts
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