Investigating the Difficulties Faced by Secondary School Students in Reading English Comprehension

Abstract

This study aims at investigating thedifficulties faced by secondary school students in reading English comprehension. It focuses on identifying the difficulties of the secondary school students in reading English comprehension, to explore reason behind the difficulties of secondary students in reading English comprehension. The researcher adopted descriptive method. The tool of the study is test for the students while the population of this study is secondary school students of the third level of Ombadda. The research randomly sampled 25 respondents across the third level and the data from the test was analyzed using simple percentage. The study reveals that the students have difficulty in understanding the right meaning from text. The study recommend is read from different authentic and non authentic materials to recognize the meaning of reading comprehension. The researcher suggest that should have be similar study can be carried out in different geographical area.