AN ANALYSIS OF DIFFICULTIES FACED BY STUDENTS IN LEARNING READING AT SMA NEGERI 1 BAUBAU

The problem of this research was what were the difficulties faced by students at SMA Negeri 1 Baubau especially in eleventh grade students in learning reading comprehension? The objective of this research was to find out the difficulties faced by the eleventh grade students at SMA Negeri1 Baubau in learning reading comprehension. The researcher used the descriptive qualitative research. In this research descriptive was conducted in the purpose to describe systematically about the fact and characteristic of the difficulties that students faced in learning reading. The subject of the research was class XI MIPA 4 SMA Negeri 1 Baubau with the total subject consisted of 40 students then the sample of the research consist of 10 student. The instrument of this research used observation and interview, while the technique of data analysis used the of Miles and Huberman adapted that consist of data reducing, data display and drawing conclusion/verification. The result of research indicated that there were difficulties faced by the eleventh grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Baubau in learning reading comprehension. Regarding in the analysis of this research, there were four findings in this research, namely: Difficulty to understand the meaning of the word: Not understand the main idea, not understand the grammar, and difficulties to make inferences.Masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah apa saja kesulitan yang dihhadapi siswa SMA Negeri 1 Baubau khususnya siswa kelas XI dalam pembelajaran pemahaman membaca? Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kesulitan yang dihadapi siswa kelass XI SMA Negeri 1 Baubau dalam pembelajaran pemahaman bacaan. Penelitian ini peneliti menggunakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Dalam penelitian deskriptif ini dilakukan dengan tujuan nutk mendeskripsikan secara sistematis tentang fakta dan ciri-ciri kesulitan yang dihadapi siswa dalam pembelajaran membaca. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas XI MIPA 4 SMA Negeri 1 Baubau dengan jumlah subjek 40 siswa maka sampel penelitian terdiri dari 10 siswa. Instrumen penelitian ini menggunakan observasi dan wawancara, sedangkan teknik analisis data menggunakan adaptasi Miles dan Huberman yang terdiri dari reduksi data, display data dan penarikan kesimpulan/verification. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa terdapat kesulitan yang dihadapi oleh siswa kelas XI SMA Negeri 1 Baubau dalam pembelajaran pemahaman bacaan. Mengenai analisis penelitian ini, terdapat empat temuan dalam penelitian ini,, yaitu: Kesulitan memahami arti kata, tidak memahami gagasan utama, tidak memahami tata bahasa, dan kesulitan membuat kesimpulan