Reading Difficulties of EFL Students: A Case Study of First-Year Student of English Language Education FKIP UIR

Yulianto, Yulianto and Marhamah, Marhamah (2022) Reading Difficulties of EFL Students: A Case Study of First-Year Student of English Language Education FKIP UIR. Indonesian Journal of English Teaching, 11. pp. 46-56. ISSN 2302-2957

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Abstract

Student skill of Reading or understanding text is considered one of four fundamental language skills, meaning EFL students have to obtain a good reading level. Actually, reading is not easy to master , since many students still carry out reading problems. The aim of this research is to examine reading difficulties that first-year students of English Language Education deal with and to identify students reading problems and the reasons behind their weaknesses in reading assignments. This research used the qualitative research method; it used to obtain data of reading comprehension difficulties faced by the first-year students of English Language Education FKIP UIR. As the research instrument, it used a questionnaire of seventeen multiple types of questions divided into four parts. The result of this research indicated that, based on the analysis, first-year students do not have fluent reading because students currently deal with various reading difficulties. It can be concluded that students must be provided with appropriate teaching strategies depending on learning styles and students' needs. Thus, the final product of this research is a book of reading for the first-year students of English language Education at FKIP-UIR.

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