Yunisrina Qsimullah Yusuf, Dian Fajrina, Riski Aida Fitri
This study examines EFL students' reading problems in the narrative text through self-Assessment. The data were collected from one hundred and thirty-six second grade students from a high school in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The students were classified into two groups-good and poor readers-based on the correct answers of their reading test. Sixty-one respondents were classified as good readers and seventy-five respondents as poor readers. These students were then asked to fill in a twenty-item closed-ended questionnaire on their reading problems. Their responses were distributed into a table of frequency and percentage. The findings showed that good readers had three reading problems, whilst the poor readers had eleven problems. Differences and similarities in the reading problems of both groups of readers were also found and discussed. The study suggests that recognizing students' reading problems can assist teachers in preparing and designing teaching lessons that essentially support students in resolving their reading problems. Furthermore, by specifically understanding the problems that good and poor readers have, teachers can assemble their students into good and poor readers in classroom activities to gain more effective results in learning. © 2017 IUP Alll Rights Reserved.
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, English Education Department, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
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