AN ANALYSIS OF READING COMPREHENSION PROBLEMS FACED BY THE EIGHTH SEMESTER ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITAS BENGKULU IN READING SECTION OF TOEFL TEST

This research aims to find out the reading comprehension problems faced
by the eight semester English Education Study Program students of
Universitas Bengkulu in Reading Section of TOEFL test. The subject of
this research is eight semester students of English Education Study
Program in academic year 2018/2019 who have taken TOEFL test in
Language Laboratory, FKIP, Universitas Bengkulu. The subject of this
research is 70 students of 79 students. This research was used descriptive
quantitative as the methodology and the data was collected by using
questionnaire as an instrument that distributed via Google-form. The
questionnaire consisted of 20 statements which represent 5 aspects of
reading comprehension problems by Wutthisingchai (2011). This research
uses 4-point Likert Scale to measure students perception of reading
problem, ranging from never (1 point), sometimes (2 point), often (3
point), always (4 point). The result shows that the majority of the students
have problems in reading comprehension in 5 aspects. The percentage
average of each aspect from highest to lowest was the reading
comprehension problems related to the Reading Comprehension Process.
Second problems is Motivation. Third problems related to Background
Knowledge. Fourth related to Lack Reading Strategies. The last problems
related to Language Knowledge. From the results, it can be concluded that
students of the eight semester at English Education Study Program still
have reading comprehension problems.
Keywords: Reading comprehension problems, TOEFL Test