Open AccessEXPLORING INDONESIAN EFL LEARNERS� METAFUNCTION COMPETENCE AND THEIR CRITICAL READING
Author(s) -
Nani Ronsani Thamrin,
Jaruki Andriansyah Maulana
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indonesian efl journal/indonesian efl journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-3635
pISSN - 2252-7427
DOI - 10.25134/ieflj.v1i1.616
Subject(s) - indonesian , competence (human resources) , psychology , grammar , reading comprehension , comprehension , linguistics , mathematics education , pedagogy , reading (process) , social psychology , philosophy
This study explores the relationship between students metafunction competence and their critical reading. This study uses mixed method approach to discover deep and whole comprehension of the research problem. The five undergraduate students who have attended functional grammar class are purposively involved. This study shows that students metafunction competence and their critical reading positively correlate. In the other words, the students metafunction competence develops their critical reading ability. It is corresponding with the conclusion which is drawn by Bumela (2011) that the initial formation of meaning is also largely influences by readers expectations and background knowledge. Hereby, students metafunction competence plays as students background knowledge to recognise the features of the texts and identify the metafunctions of the texts which is beneficial as the departure for critical reading.Keywords: students metafunction competence, critical reading.