Reading Comprehension Difficulties Research Articles

ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES FACTOR IN READING COMPREHENSION AT SMPN 1 CAMPURDARAT

Reading is important in learning English. The ability to reading comprehension is an ability that is naturally not owned by a student. In practice, this process is seen as complex, so it is not impossible that learning in reading comprehension obstacles and problems when learning implement it. The aim of this research is to find out the causal factors of students' reading comprehension difficulties on descriptive text at the seventh grade of SMPN 1 Campurdarat. This research is a descriptive qualitative research. The subject of the research is seventh grade students of SMPN 1 Campurdarat in Academic Year 2022/2023. The techniques of collecting the data are interview and test. Data analyzing include data reduction, data display and drawing conclusions or verification, the researcher arranging the information described in order to draw conclusion. The result of the research shows that the factor of causing the students difficulties found in comprehending English reading text there are difficulty in understanding long sentence in the text, difficulty in using reading strategies, difficulty in Concentration, learner's background, house environment and school environment.

Exploring the distribution and cognitive profiles of poor readers across varying levels of reading difficulty: implications for identification and support

BackgroundThis study explored the impact of different cut‐off points used to identify children with reading difficulties on the distribution of these children across the three poor reader groups predicted by the simple view of reading (dyslexia, specific comprehension difficulty and mixed difficulty). Additionally, the study investigated whether the cognitive profiles of these poor reader groups remained consistent across varying levels of reading impairment.MethodsThis study included 209 primary school children from New Zealand, in Years 4–6 and aged 8–10 years, who experienced reading comprehension difficulties. Using a two‐step cluster analysis, participants were assigned to one of three poor reader groups: dyslexia, specific comprehension difficulty (SCD) and mixed difficulty. We examined the distribution of children across these groups at eight levels of reading comprehension difficulty and conducted strengths and weaknesses profiles at four levels of reading ability across 14 tests that assessed a range of reading‐related skills. Additionally, we compared the performance of children in these groups who performed above and below the 10th percentile on a reading comprehension assessment across these tests.ResultsThe results showed that the proportion of children assigned to each group varied across the reading levels, with children at the lower end of the reading comprehension continuum more likely to exhibit the mixed difficulty profile than the SCD and dyslexia profiles. Overall, the research found that dyslexia, SCD and mixed difficulty profiles could be identified at all levels of reading comprehension difficulty, though weaknesses in their reading‐related skills increased as reading comprehension difficulties also increased.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that struggling readers demonstrate distinct cognitive profiles across all levels of reading ability. These results have important implications for identifying and supporting struggling readers, as well as enhancing our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of reading difficulties. The possible relationship between the results obtained in this study and tiered models of reading support is discussed.

Evaluating English-language morphological awareness assessments

Many studies have shown that morphological knowledge has effects on reading comprehension separate from other aspects of language knowledge. This has implications for reading instruction and assessment: it suggests that children could have reading comprehension difficulties that are due to a lack of morphological knowledge, and thus, that explicit instruction of morphology might be helpful for them, indeed for all children. To find children who might especially benefit from specific instruction in morphology, we would need good tests of morphological knowledge. We evaluated a set of morphological awareness assessments to determine whether they conclusively tapped into morphological knowledge, and found that it was not possible to be certain that they were accurately targeting morphological knowledge.

Assessing the Causes of Undergraduate Management Students’ Reading Difficulties

Reading is a vital skill that everyone must develop. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the major causes of management students’ reading comprehension difficulties at Rift Valley University. For this study, descriptive research and a mixed research approach were employed. One hundred twenty-one samples were selected for the survey. A questionnaire and a classroom observation were used to collect data. SPSS version 26 was employed for the analysis of inferential statistics. The result identified the significant factors affecting students’ reading comprehension. These factors are a lack of good teaching methods, a lack of practice, a limited number of reading activities, uninteresting reading activities, and a lack of knowledge of reading strategy. Teachers teaching methodology and reading activities are the most determinant factors that affect students’ reading comprehension. The results of an analysis of variance (ANOVA) that includes multiple comparisons among "mother tongue," "national language," and "English language." that the p-values show less than 0.05 which provides strong evidence that there was a significant difference among the groups. Besides the result of the correlation analysis reveals that majority of pairwise correlation coefficients are high and positive. Mobile device is suggested as an effective tool which is used to improve students’ reading skills.

Reading comprehension differences between children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and low cognitive abilities and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and intact cognitive skills: the roles of decoding, fluency and morphosyntax.

Reading comprehension is one of the most important skills learned in school and it has an important contribution to the academic success of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Though previous studies have investigated reading comprehension difficulties in ASD and highlighted factors that contribute to these difficulties, this evidence has mainly stemmed from children with ASD and intact cognitive skills. Also, much emphasis has been placed on the relation between reading comprehension and word recognition skills, while the role of other skills, including fluency and morphosyntax, remains underexplored. This study addresses these gaps by investigating reading comprehension in two groups of school-aged children with ASD, one with intact and one with low cognitive abilities, also exploring the roles of word decoding, fluency and morphosyntax in each group's reading comprehension performance. The study recruited 16 children with ASD and low cognitive abilities, and 22 age-matched children with ASD and intact cognitive skills. The children were assessed on four reading subdomains, namely, decoding, fluency, morphosyntax, and reading comprehension. The children with ASD and low cognitive abilities scored significantly lower than their peers with intact cognitive abilities in all reading subdomains, except for decoding, verb production and compound word formation. Regression analyses showed that reading comprehension in the group with ASD and intact cognitive abilities was independently driven by their decoding and fluency skills, and to a lesser extent, by morphosyntax. On the other hand, the children with ASD and low cognitive abilities mainly drew on their decoding, and to a lesser extent, their morphosyntactic skills to perform in reading comprehension. The results suggest that reading comprehension was more strongly affected in the children with ASD and low cognitive abilities as compared to those with intact cognitive skills. About half of the children with ASD and intact cognitive skills also exhibited mild-to-moderate reading comprehension difficulties, further implying that ASD may influence reading comprehension regardless of cognitive functioning. Finally, strengths in decoding seemed to predominantly drive cognitively-impaired children's reading performance, while the group with ASD and intact cognitive skills mainly recruited fluency and metalinguistic lexical skills to cope with reading comprehension demands, further suggesting that metalinguistic awareness may be a viable way to enhance reading comprehension in ASD.

Reading comprehension improvement in autism.

A subset of autistic children excel at word decoding but have difficulty with reading comprehension (i.e., the discrepant poor comprehender reading profile). Prior research suggests the Visualizing and Verbalizing (V/V) for language comprehension and thinking intervention helps improve reading comprehension in autistic children with this reading profile. Previous studies have demonstrated the role of vocabulary, memory, and social functioning in reading comprehension; however, predictors and moderators of reading comprehension within this specific profile of autistic readers have not been thoroughly explored. In this study, we examined the effectiveness of the V/V intervention by comparing reading comprehension scores between groups and across time. Participants included a sample of autistic children (AUT-EXP; n=22) and a waitlist control group of autistic children (AUT-WLC; n=17) with reading comprehension difficulties, as well as a sample of non-autistic children (Non-AUT; n=26) (all age 8-13 years). AUT-EXP and AUT-WLC groups completed a battery of cognitive assessments during pre and post tests. We also analyzed whether cognitive assessment scores predicted reading comprehension, and examined the moderating effects of group (AUT-EXP vs. AUT-WLC) on these relationships. The AUT-EXP group significantly improved in their pre to post reading comprehension scores (t(21)=4.19, p<.001, d=.89), whereas the AUT-WLC group did not. Verbal memory significantly predicted reading comprehension, though group did not moderate relationships between cognitive test performance and reading comprehension. Results suggest that the V/V intervention may help improve reading comprehension for autistic children with the discrepant poor comprehender reading profile. Additionally, strategies for improving verbal memory may indirectly enhance reading comprehension in autistic children with this reading profile.

Analysis of Beginning Reading Difficulties in Students Class II SDN 2 Mayonglor

Beginning reading is the initial stage of learning to read which focuses on recognizing shapes and letters related to words, and provides a foundation for children to progress to the beginning stage of reading. The aim of this research is to identify difficulties in beginning reading comprehension in class II of SD Negeri 2 Mayonglor. The research method used in this research is a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. The data collection methods used in this research were observation and questionnaires. Researchers identified three students with reading comprehension difficulties. Basically, students are good at writing letters A-Z, but when these letters are written in words or sentences, they have difficulty writing some letters. Therefore, students should pay attention to the words spoken and the letters written in sentences.

Factors Affecting the Reading Comprehension Skills of Grade 3 Learners

This research determined the factors affecting the reading comprehension skills of Grade 3 learners at the identified public elementary schools in Talisay City Division Cebu for the school year 2022-2023. This employed a descriptive-correlational design to determine the factors that affect the reading comprehension difficulties of the Grade 3 learners. A total of 148 Grade 3 learners were the respondents that were selected using convenience sampling. Gathered data were statistically treated using frequency and percentage, weighted mean, and chi-square. Results have shown that reading comprehension is affected by interest and motivation, prior knowledge, and vocabulary knowledge. In addition, the level of reading comprehension skills of the respondents were instructional readers. Furthermore, results showed that there is no relationship between the identified factors and the reading comprehension skills of the respondents. It is concluded that the factors affecting the learners' reading comprehension skills are interest and motivation, prior knowledge, and vocabulary knowledge at the descriptive rating of affected. Hence, it is recommended that the enhanced reading comprehension enhancement plans be implemented.

Making written texts for learning more accessible with easy-to-read and universal design

Reading is regarded as one of the basic learning processes that provides multiple skills and abilities for daily life. The study reported on here arose from evidence of reading comprehension difficulties of middle school students in Colombia, and from reflection on the didactic strategies used for the promotion and teaching of reading. The purpose of this research was to strengthen students’ reading comprehension by taking advantage of the benefits of Easy-to-Read in the context of a methodology applied in Universal Design for Learning. The methodology was centred on the critical social paradigm, and the type of research was mixed with a design based on action research. The instruments used included non-participant observation, online questionnaire, standardised testing and a survey. The pedagogical proposal “Easy Reading” was designed and implemented to show progress in the students’ reading comprehension skills, meeting the objectives set.

Cognitive Regulation Strategies Used by Children with Reading Difficulties.

(1) Background: Children with reading difficulties may experience negative emotions and social isolation. The cognitive emotion regulation strategies that they use in different reading tasks can make them more vulnerable in the stressful situations. Using adaptative emotion regulation strategies may help them overcome stressful reading situations. (2) Methods: Children identified with poor reading comprehension skills were compared to children without reading comprehension difficulties on measures of self-evaluation and thought in relation to task, and on cognitive coping strategies relevant to performance. The effect of some relevant demographic factors was also investigated, such as gender and urban/rural setting. (3) Results: Our results indicate that children that have poor reading comprehension skills present higher scores on negative self- evaluation and off-task thoughts that are in relation to performance anxiety. Also, in what concerns cognitive coping strategies, students with difficulties in reading comprehension display a greater use of blaming others strategy, which is in relation to the negative self-evaluations. Also, they displayed less use of putting into perspective. No effect of gender and setting emerged for off and on task thoughts and cognitive coping strategies, except for lower scores of students from rural setting in positive self-evaluation. (4) Conclusions: students presenting difficulties in reading comprehension tend to use more negative self-statements and disengagement through off-task thoughts and employ coping strategies directed to protect self-worth.

The Role of Prosody in Reading Comprehension for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum

Purpose: The purposes of this clinical focus article are to describe differences in expressive prosody among autistic individuals, describe the role of prosody in reading comprehension, highlight the potential contribution of prosody to the reading comprehension difficulties experienced by many autistic individuals, discuss interventions that target prosody, and make clinical recommendations. Method: We describe differences in expressive prosody that many autistic individuals experience; review the existing body of literature surrounding reading comprehension, prosody, and autism; and discuss interventions that target prosody as it applies to reading comprehension. Conclusion: Based on the review of the literature and presentation of the challenges that currently exist, we make clinical recommendations regarding the integration of interventions addressing prosody in expressive communication and reading comprehension for autistic individuals who have strong word reading skills and poor reading comprehension.

FACTORS THAT AFFECT EFL STUDENTS' DIFFICULTY IN READING COMPREHENSION

This study aims to discover the internal factors that affect EFL students' difficulty in reading comprehension. The research participants in this study were five English as Foreign Language (EFL) students who could not achieve the grade standard in a Reading class at the English Language Education Program (ELEP) in a small town in Central Java. The Interviews were used as the instruments to collect the data. In the interview, 5 participants were asked about the internal factors that affected students' difficulties in reading comprehension. The thematic analysis revealed that students' difficulty in reading comprehension is affected by two primary internal factors. The first factor pertains to students' ability, encompassing their grammatical and vocabulary knowledge in English. The second factor encompasses students’ perceptions including feelings of interest, boredom, anxiety, sickness, and personal problems.

Ninth Grade Pupils' Perception on EFL Reading Comprehension Difficulties in Palestinian Schools

Ninth Grade Pupils' Perception on EFL Reading Comprehension Difficulties in Palestinian Schools

Students’ Ability In Reading Comprehension of Recount Text

The purpose of this study was to find out and describe students' ability to read texts, find difficulties faced by students and describe the factors that influence the reading comprehension of class X students of SMK 1 Pemalang in the 2022/2023 academic year in reading comprehension from recount texts. This study used descriptive qualitative method. The results of this study indicate that students' ability to read texts is considered weak at 57.74% (poor). Students' difficulties in reading comprehension of recount texts are seen in terms of mechanical abilities and comprehension. Nearly 50% of the 31 students answered that they did not understand reading comprehension texts. And from the factors faced by students in reading comprehension of recount text factors according to students, physical health can hinder reading, some students answered that they needed to find other learning resources related to reading and comprehension, some students answered that they were interested in reading but there were factors What does not support them in learning to read is environmental factors.

Reading Research Journal Articles in an EFL context: A Pilot Study on Confidence and Difficulty

This study is based on previous research that compared to textbooks, students find both the style and the level of writing of empirical articles such as research journal articles is difficult to understand. The stages of reading the journal articles are complex. Moreover, there are more studies found in sciences resulted various difficulties but limited research in a foreign language context as the journal articles are written in English. Therefore, there needs an investigation the complexity of reading journal articles to provide some way out to lessen the challenges. As a pilot study for further investigation, a questionnaire was delivered online using google form to 28 students enrolled in the courses of Advanced Reading and Advanced Writing, aged 19-22. They learn to read journal articles in the courses. The given questionnaire consisted of two sections; students self-rated confidence (adapted from Sego and Stuart, 2015) and difficulties in reading comprehension of journal articles (adopted from Chen, 2017). Using simple descriptive statistics, the results revealed that the students have three most major difficulties in reading journal articles, namely short attention span, having a problem understanding the main points, and Limited semantic knowledge (professional terms). They also have three main least challenges; do not know where to start reading, do not understand the tables, charts or statistics, memory failure. The students have the highest confidence in their ability to read and understand the content, however they have the least confidence in their abilities to write coherent summaries of journal articles. The findings imply that the students need to have more time to familiarize themselves with characteristics and construction of journal articles including what should be written in each section of the paper such as introduction, literature review, methodology, findings, discussion, and implication and limitation of the study.

AN ANALYSIS ON STUDENT'S DIFFICULTIES IN READING COMPREHENSION AT SMKN 1 BANGKINANG

This research is related to student's difficulties in reading comprehension. The purpose of this study is to determine the student's difficulties in reading. This research is descriptive. The population of this research is the second-semester students of class XI of SMKN 1 Bangkinang. The sample consist of 24 students. This research was conducted using a questionnaire. The finding of the study showed that the student had difficulty long sentence and text, vocabulary, grammar, knowing the background, and concentration are the main problem faced by students class XI of SMKN 1 Bangkinang

Reading for Meaning: The Influence of Reader Characteristics on Paragraph Understanding in Aphasia.

The study improves our understanding of the reading comprehension difficulties seen in people with aphasia. It investigates the influence of reader characteristics, including personal demographic variables, and linguistic and wider cognitive skills, on text comprehension. Seventy-five people with aphasia and 87 neurologically typical readers completed a test of paragraph comprehension. People with aphasia also completed background tests of language, attention, recognition memory, and executive functions. The influence of demographic variables (age, gender, and level of education) was analyzed separately in the group of people with aphasia and the typical readers using analyses of variance. In the people with aphasia, the relationship between paragraph comprehension and the language and cognitive tests was explored using correlational analyses. In the typical readers, there was a significant effect of gender and level of education and a significant three-way interaction. For the people with aphasia, there were no significant effects of demographic variables. Significant positive correlations were found between performance on paragraph comprehension and each of the language tests and with tests of auditory attention, executive functions, and recognition memory for words. In people with aphasia, the effects of demographic variables were overshadowed by the effect of their language difficulties. The association seen across language measures reflects the shared semantic representations across single-word, sentence, and text levels, across modalities. The study emphasizes the importance of attention, executive functions, and short-term memory in the comprehension of and memory for what we read. The contribution of both language difficulties and wider cognitive skills needs to be considered when planning intervention. https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.24695451.

The Role of Planning in Reading Comprehension by Adolescents with ADHD: Evidence from Eye-Movements

This study explored the manner in which poor planning skill impairs reading comprehension of students with ADHD. Ninety-six adolescents with and without ADHD completed a planning task (Tower of London) and answered open-ended questions following the reading of two expository texts under two reading goals—study and entertainment, while their eye-movements were recorded. Findings indicated lower performance for the participants with ADHD on the planning and reading comprehension tests. Moreover, controls exhibited longer and more frequent (re)readings of text ideas in the study than in the entertainment goal condition, whereas readers with ADHD showed similar reading patterns for both reading goals. Critically, the difference observed between the groups on the reading comprehension test was mediated by the difference observed in their planning performance and goal-based reading patterns. Findings suggest that students with ADHD experience difficulties in reading comprehension due to poor planning of their text processing, as appropriate for different reading goals.

KESULITAN MEMBACA PEMAHAMAN SISWA KELAS IV SDN 112 PEKANBARU

Education is important to meet students needs. This is in line with Article 5 of Law Number 20 of 2003 concerning the National Education System which states that everyone has the right to obtain a decent education. Early basic education is very important in the development of students' personalities. Elementary school is the initial stage of basic education and functions as a foundation for students linguistic development. Reading, writing, listening and speaking are part of the language skills that must be mastered. Reading is a key element of language ability. Reading is very important for gathering knowledge and gaining understanding. Reading comprehension is an activity carried out seriously by the reader in order to obtain various information, messages and meanings contained in a text. The purpose of this research is to describe students reading comprehension difficulties, factors that influence students reading comprehension difficulties, solutions to students reading comprehension difficulties. The method used is qualitative to analyze data with a descriptive case study approach, with data collection techniques of tests, observations, interviews with teachers and class IV students.

Students Difficulties in Reading Comprehension on Descriptive Text at Second Semester FKIP in Batanghari University Jambi

The aim of this research is to identify the educational abilities and achievements of the students. challenges or hardships In the field of reading comprehension, Paraphrased: regarding texts that provide detailed descriptions. This kind of investigation is Quantitative data refers to information that can be measured and expressed numerically. The population sizes The focus of this research investigation is on this particular study. According to the research, the difficulty level of answering main idea questions is determined to be 0.3%. The difficulty for students in answering inference questions is 0.14. Additionally, the percentage of challenging questions that involve intricate information is 0.12% out of four total question items. The rate of students who have trouble comprehending vocabulary is 0.14%. The overall average score for the exam is 84.6. Students therefore fulfill the requirements for achieving a high score. Researchers have arrived at the inference that students possess a strong comprehension of descriptive material.