ESTD PERPUSTAKAAN UNTAD
ESTD PERPUSTAKAAN UNTAD
| JudulINVESTIGATING STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN COMPREHENDING ENGLISH READING TEXT AT THE FIRST GRADE OF SMA NEGERI 2 SIGI |
| Nama: REZKI APRILIA |
| Tahun: 2023 |
| Abstrak Rezki Aprilia, 2023. “Investigating Students’ Difficulties in Comprehending English Reading Text at the First Grade of SMA Negeri 2 Sigi”. Skripsi. English Education Study Program, Language and Art Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Tadulako University. Under the supervision of (1) Mochtar Marhum (2) Agussatriana. The purpose of this research is to find out the most difficult aspect of reading comprehension, especially in descriptive text encountered by the first-grade students of SMA Negeri 2 Sigi as well as the contributing factors to this difficulty. This research employs mix method, where the test and interview used as the instrument in collecting the data. The subject of this research is students of class X IPA 1 at SMA Negeri 2 Sigi in the academic year 2022/2023. The test was given to 25 students and consisted of 15 questions divided into five types of questions, which are main idea, locating references, understanding vocabulary, making inferences, and detailed information. Then, the researcher interviewed 3 students by giving them 10 questions. The results of the test show that the most difficult aspect encountered by the first-grade students of SMA Negeri 2 Sigi is understanding vocabulary. While the results of the interview show that there are 2 factors cause students’ difficulties in comprehending the text, namely internal and external factors. Internal factors are a lack of reading strategies, limited stock of vocabulary, and lack of students’ interest. While the external factor is the students’ environment. |