Freshmen’s reading strategies in comprehending agricultural journal articles
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https://doi.org/10.36597/heal.v1i1.1475Keywords:
Kesulitan, Strategi Membaca, Kemampuan MembacaAbstract
This paper is part of an ongoing thesis for a master’s degree in English Language Education. Freshmen of the Agricultural Department have English proficiency problems, among others, English in their grammar and vocabulary. The lesson material in school or university does not meet the student’s needs. The students feel insecure about their skills. The students are not motivated to learn English because they think it is difficult and do not use it much daily. English is not their mother tongue, so they are not confident in conversation. The students also still lack vocabulary and grammar. In this research, a descriptive qualitative technique was applied. The research focused on reading strategies and reading comprehension in English academic journals. The participants were two lecturers from an English class at the Faculty of Agriculture at Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa University. Interviews from the lecturer’s perception were used as data collection methods. The researcher collected data on the lecturer’s opinion regarding the student’s reading abilities. The findings indicated that the students were still unable to understand English reading. Some of the obstacles faced by students in reading comprehension. The students were categorized as having low reading comprehension by lecturers’ perception that the students had some strategies in reading comprehension. All strategies were used to help the students comprehend their reading texts.
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