STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES IN HANDLING THE LEARNING PROBLEMS OF ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION

Abstract

This study aims to know the learning problems in reading that are faced by the students in reading comprehension and to know the strategies that are used to handle the problems of reading comprehension. It used a qualitative research method. Experiential was research design that was applied in this research. In the study, the participants consisted of thirtytwo students of a classroom in SMAN 1 Cibungbulang Bogor. They were one of tenth grades in 2018/2019 academic year. Then, the researcher chose five students to become informants at the classroom. This research can be concluded that there are some learning problems in reading that are faced by the students in reading comprehension. The
highest learning problem in reading is 25% which is lack of working memory. Meanwhile, there are some strategies that are used to handle the problems of reading comprehension. The highest strategy in reading is 39% which is activate prior knowledge
and inferential questions