JOURNEY : Journal of English Language and Pedagogy
Vol 6 No 1 (2023): Journey: Journal of English Language and Pedagogy

Understanding Reading English Text Through Strategies Employed by Students at University of PGRI Palembang

Nyimas Nabilah Putri Erliani (Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang, Indonesia)
Indawan Syahri (Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang, Indonesia)
Asti Gumartifa (Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Mar 2023

Abstract

The goals of this study were to understand more about students' learning strategies for understanding English reading content and to discover why did students employed those strategies. Students in the second semester of the English Education Study Program at the University of PGRI Palembang participated in this research. A qualitative descriptive method was used in this study. A semi-structured interview was also used as a primary source of data. Data collection, data reduction, data display, and data verification were all utilized to examine the information. The data revealed that students used a variety of strategies to perceive the English reading text. Besides, habitual translation was the most commonly used reading strategy through students, while guessing the meaning of the text was the least commonly used reading strategy. Additionally, this study found through several reasons.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

journey

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journey is a journal developed by English Education Department of IKIP Budi Utomo focusing on receiving the creative and intelectual products of lecturers, researchers, and practitioners on the field of English Language Teaching, Linguistics, and Literature. It is epected that this journal will be ...