JELT: Journal of English Language Teaching
Vol 7, No 1 (2023): April

An Analysis of Students’ Difficulties in Reading Comprehension at Eleventh Grade of Senior High School 8 Jambi City

Aini Aini (Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Batanghari University)
Nurul Fitri (Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Batanghari University)
Siti Aisyah (Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Batanghari University)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Sep 2023

Abstract

The aim of this research is to identify the difficulties in reading comprehension faced by the eleventh-grade students at SMAN 8 Jambi City. This was qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. The subject of the research was the eleventh-grade students at Senior High School 8 Jambi City in Academic Year 2022/2023. The technique of collecting the data was a Reading test. The research used the technique of analyzing the data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification. The result of the research shows that there are 34,1% of students have difficulties understanding to find the main idea of the text with a total of incorrect is 68. Moreover, there are 21,1% of students have difficulties knowing the meaning of several vocabulary words in the text with a total of incorrect is 42. There are 18,6% of students who have difficulties understanding and making inferences from the text with a total of incorrect is 37. Lastly, there are 26,1% of students have difficulties in understanding to look inferring the meanings of particular words from the text.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jelt

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

JELT: Journal of English Language Teaching that published by the English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Batanghari University. JELT: Journal of English Language Teaching aims at reporting high-quality empirical and original research contributions for the benefit ...