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analyzing students’ difficulties in reading comprehension of narrative texts at the tenth grade of sma negeri 1 kelayang
The purpose of this research was to analyze the difficulties faced by tenth-grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Kelayang in reading comprehension of narrative texts and to identify the factors causing these difficulties. This study employed a quantitative approach and involved tenth-grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Kelayang in the academic year 2024/2025 as the subjects, with a sample size of 93 students selected through a simple random sampling technique. The researcher gathered the data through a reading comprehension test and a questionnaire. The results of the reading comprehension test revealed that 54.62% of the students had difficulties in determining the main idea, 46.88% in finding specific information, 49.68% in understanding vocabulary, 44.30% in identifying references, 56.13% in making inferences, 45.38% in identifying the social function, 48.60% in determining the generic structure, and 52.69% in identifying language features. Based on the results of the questionnaire analysis, seven factors were identified as the causes of students' difficulties in reading comprehension of narrative texts, namely: limited vocabulary knowledge (81.09%), lack of fluency (74.73%), inadequate use of effective reading strategies (75.99%), problems with processing information (74.28%), learners' backgrounds (73.30%), teaching methods (77.51%), and the student environment (72.13%).
Keywords: Students’ Difficulties, Reading Comprehension, Narrative Texts
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