Revealing Student’s Difficulties and Strategies in Reading Comprehension Intermediate Class

The research was accomplished to reveal students' difficulties and strategies in reading comprehension in the intermediate class. A qualitative approach was used to complete this research and using purposive sampling to minimize the participant. The aim of this study is to discover students' difficulties and strategies in reading intermediate comprehension class. The participants in this research were ten students of English Language Education in batch 2017, especially unit 4, who had taken the intermediate reading class and the data were gathered by interview. The findings of this research showed that the students' difficulties with reading comprehension, which included limited English vocabulary, the length of text, lack of background knowledge, and lack of concentration. Besides, Students use various strategies such as scanning, summarizing and reading at home to overcome these difficulties.