Reading Ability of International Class Students of  PGSD 2019 of Universitas Negeri Padang

Abdullah Azzam An-Nashir; An Fauzia Rozani Syafei

doi:10.24036/jelt.v10i3.112079

Reading Ability of International Class Students of PGSD 2019 of Universitas Negeri Padang

Abdullah Azzam An-Nashir⁽¹⁾, An Fauzia Rozani Syafei⁽²⁾,
(1) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia
(2) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia

Corresponding Author
Copyright (c) 2021 Abdullah Azzam An-Nashir

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/jelt.v10i3.112079

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Abstract

Using English as a medium of instruction for students who do not understand that language makes the learning process is not running well. Many obstacles faced by the students in understanding the course dealing with low English ability. They faced difficulties in both written and spoken language. However, university students are much more interactive with written language; reading English texts will be more harmful to them, due to their low ability to catch the information from what they read. This study aims to find out students reading ability and difficulty in reading English text. Data were collected from 22 international class students of PGSD 2019 of Universitas Negeri Padang. In collecting data, the students were asked to do a reading test consist of 50 questions for 55 minutes. The result shows that the students have the low reading ability in reading English texts. Furthermore, the students have difficulties in several aspects of reading consist of finding the main idea, answering stated detail questions, answering implied detail questions, finding unstated detail, finding pronoun referents, determine where specific information, answering transition questions and answering vocabulary questions.

Keywords

EFL student, reading ability, reading difficulty

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