ANALYSIS THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY STUDENTS IN READING COMPREHENSION

Abstract

This study focused on the problems encountered by students in reading comprehension. The purposes of this research were to find out kinds of problem faced by students in reading comprehension and the causes of the problems. Then, the researcher tried to provide the strategies to solve those problems. This research used descriptive design with qualitative approach. The researcher applied observation, test, interview and documentation as the instrument collecting data. The test consist of 15 multiple choice questions. The types of question based on five aspects in reading comprehension such as determining main idea, locating reference, understanding vocabulary, making inference, and finding detail information. After analysed the data, the result showed that the students in second semester have problem in each aspect of reading comprehension. Based on the interviews conducted, the researcher found that the causes of problem are Insufficient instruction presesnted by the teacher, lack of student’s interest, vocabulary difficulties and house environment. The last, the researcher provide the strategies to solve the problem based on theory and practice such as teacher’s motivation for teaching English reading skill, incresing vocabulary, creating friendly and supportive environment, use of metacognitive reading strategies and background knowledge.