| dc.contributor.advisor | WIRANTAKA, ANDI | |
| dc.contributor.author | ADININGSIH, DESTRI PUSPITA | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-31T03:03:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-10-31T03:03:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-07-23 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.umy.ac.id/handle/123456789/30187 | |
| dc.description | Reading comprehension is a crucial component in learning process. The
students often complain not understand a text so that they fail in answering to the
comprehensive questions. Many scholars and teachers make research on
undergraduates reading strategies of English major. However, non-English major
students often neglected. It was imperative to make a study among non-English
major in order to get the information of their reading strategies and give useful
suggestions to them. That way, this study aimed to find out the difficulties faced
by non-English department students in comprehending English text and the
strategies implemented to overcome the difficulties. This study adopted
descriptive qualitative as a research design. There were four students of non-
English major who became the participants of this research. In the data collection
method of this study, it adopted interview guide approach. The interview data
were analyzed by coding. Based on the analysis, there were several difficulties
faced by non-English department students in comprehending English text such as
unfamiliar words, grammar, and text type. Additionally, this study presented
several strategies to overcome the difficulties namely using dictionary, taking
notes, guessing, asking someone, internet browsing, and writing summary. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Reading comprehension is a crucial component in learning process. The
students often complain not understand a text so that they fail in answering to the
comprehensive questions. Many scholars and teachers make research on
undergraduates reading strategies of English major. However, non-English major
students often neglected. It was imperative to make a study among non-English
major in order to get the information of their reading strategies and give useful
suggestions to them. That way, this study aimed to find out the difficulties faced
by non-English department students in comprehending English text and the
strategies implemented to overcome the difficulties. This study adopted
descriptive qualitative as a research design. There were four students of non-
English major who became the participants of this research. In the data collection
method of this study, it adopted interview guide approach. The interview data
were analyzed by coding. Based on the analysis, there were several difficulties
faced by non-English department students in comprehending English text such as
unfamiliar words, grammar, and text type. Additionally, this study presented
several strategies to overcome the difficulties namely using dictionary, taking
notes, guessing, asking someone, internet browsing, and writing summary. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | FACULTY OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH YOGYAKARTA | en_US |
| dc.subject | Reading comprehension, non-English department students, difficulties, strategies. | en_US |
| dc.title | THE STRATEGIES USED BY NON-ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS IN COMPREHENDING ENGLISH TEXT | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis
SKR
FPB
119 | en_US |
