The Difficulties of English Department Students at Universitas Negeri Padang in Answering Reading Section of TOEFL

This research was a descriptive research that aimed to identify the English Department students’ difficult skills in reading section of TOEFL at Universitas
Negeri Padang. This study used proportional stratified sampling to choose the sample. The participants of this study were 26 students in 2016 academic years.
This study used instrument in the form of reading TOEFL test. The test consisted of 50 multiple choice questions in 55 minutes. The study found that the last year
English students of Universitas Negeri Padang had problems in 13 skills among 5 topics assessed. There were five most difficult skills; main idea questions, stated
detail questions, transition questions, context to determine meaning of simple words, and determine the tone of the passage.