English as a foreign language (EFL) university students’ difficulties in reading comprehension (a study of Indonesian and Egyptian students)

Baiti, Intan Ummul (2022) English as a foreign language (EFL) university students’ difficulties in reading comprehension (a study of Indonesian and Egyptian students). Undergraduate Thesis thesis, UIN K.H. Abdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan.

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Abstract

Comprehension is an important aspect of every reading activity. Through reading comprehension, readers can understand the content or passage of a text. Nevertheless, many students still experience the difficulties in their English reading comprehension. This study aimed to reveal the Indonesian and Egyptian EFL university students’ difficulties in reading comprehension as well as its causative factors. This study involved two EFL students who are majoring in English Education in semester five. This study used a qualitative method with a narrative inquiry design. To collect the data, the researcher implied a semi-structured interview.. This study helped to develop the theory of Nuttall (2008) and Alderson (2005) about the difficulties in reading comprehension and the causative factors of difficulties in reading comprehension. Thematic analysis by Barkhuizen, Benson, and Chick was used to analyze the data. The result of this study showed that there were several difficulties faced by the Indonesian and Egyptian EFL university students in reading comprehension. They were namely difficulty in understanding word meaning, understanding long sentences, determining the main idea, and making the inference. The next finding reported the factors that caused the students’ difficulties were namely lack of language knowledge, lack of interest, lack of concentration, and the length of the text.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate Thesis)
Supervisor:
ContributionSupervisorNIDN/NIDKEmail
Thesis advisorSofa, Eros MeilinaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Reading comprehension, Students’ difficulties, Causative factors
Subjects: 300 SOCIAL SCIENCE ( ILMU SOSIAL ) > 370 Education (Pendidikan) > 370 Education/Pendidikan
400 LANGAUGE (BAHASA) > 420 English and Old English, Anglo-Saxon (Bahasa Inggris, Anglo-Saxon) > 428 Standard English Usage/Pemakaian Bahasa Inggris Baku
Divisions: Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan > Prodi Tadris Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Rosi Rosi
Date Deposited: 21 Nov 2023 07:51
Last Modified: 21 Nov 2023 07:51
URI: http://etheses.uingusdur.ac.id/id/eprint/4783

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