Saputri, Siska (2024) Students' Reading Difficulties in Reading English Journal Articles: A Study in the English Language Education Program at Universitas Negeri Padang. Skripsi thesis, Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni.
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Abstract
English Language Education Program (ELEP) students at Universitas Negeri Padang are burdened with complex English journal articles. This study investigates the difficulties and factors that affect their comprehension of the texts in English journal articles. This study used descriptive research involving 96 participants who answered the questionnaire and two people from each class for in-depth interviews. The results of this study show that seven main factors contribute to students' difficulties: difficulty understanding ideas, main idea, supporting ideas, complicated parts of English journal articles, conclusion of English journal articles, topic-related vocabulary/technical terms/difficult words, inability to read quickly to find information, complicated language style and sentence structure, and difficult topics. Among these difficulties, section of English journal articles and vocabulary problems emerged as the most dominant aspect, posing a significant barrier to comprehension. In particular, this study identified a trend of over-reliance on translation tools that hinders independent comprehension. The findings have valuable implications for future research, finding effective alternatives to increase students' interest in reading journal articles and attempting to find effective strategies to overcome vocabulary challenges when reading English journal articles.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Skripsi) | ||||||||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | English journal articles, reading difficulties, ELEP | ||||||||||||
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PE English |
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| Divisions: | Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris - S1 | ||||||||||||
| Depositing User: | Mrs Risna Juita | ||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2024 07:28 | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2024 07:28 | ||||||||||||
| URI: | http://repository.unp.ac.id/id/eprint/51352 |
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