Reading comprehension is an essential skill that students need to master. It helps students to develop their knowledge, skill, and memory to prepare for real life challenges. However, students in Indonesia still experience reading comprehension problems. Both PISA and the National Reading Index show that Indonesian students’ literacy in Indonesian text is low. Previous research also indicate that most Indonesian students do not understand English texts especially narrative text. This study aimed to identify what problems the senior high school students faced in reading English texts and how many percent of them faced reading comprehension problems. The design of the study was a survey. The findings of this research reveal that 52% of the students had problems in vocabulary and 43.2% of the students had problems in background knowledge when reading English texts. Therefore, the students need to exercise more on their vocabulary and background knowledge skills by reading more narrative text. Keywords: reading comprehension problems, survey, narrative text Abstrak: Pemahaman membaca adalah keterampilan penting yang harus dikuasai oleh siswa. Ketrampilan tersebut dapat membantu siswa untuk mengembangkan pengetahuan, keterampilan, dan memori mereka untuk menghadapi tantangan di kehidupan nyata. Namun, siswa di Indonesia masih mengalami masalah dalam memahami bacaan. Survey dari PISA dan Indeks Literasi Nasional menunjukkan bahwa literasi siswa Indonesia dalam teks bahasa Indonesia masih rendah. Penelitian sebelumnya juga menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar siswa Indonesia tidak memahami teks bahasa Inggris terutama teks naratif. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi masalah apa yang dihadapi siswa sekolah menengah atas dalam membaca teks bahasa Inggris dan berapa persen dari mereka yang masih ada masalah di pemahaman bacaan. Desain penelitian ini adalah survei. Temuan penelitian ini mengungkapkan bahwa 52% siswa memiliki masalah dalam kosakata dan 43,2% siswa memiliki masalah dalam pengetahuan latar belakang saat membaca teks bahasa Inggris. Oleh karena itu, siswa perlu lebih banyak melatih kosakata dan keterampilan pengetahuan latar belakang mereka dengan membaca lebih banyak teks naratif. Kata kunci: permasalahan dalam memahami bacaan, survei, teks naratif
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