tailieunhanh - Reading comprehension in English: barriers and solutions

Reading comprehension has been described as a hierarchy of discrete skills or as a process associated with general thinking and solving problem. Not everyone knows exactly ways to avoid being bewildered and confused in comprehending. This paper, based on secondary research, will discuss three aspects of reading comprehension: its importance, the barriers a reader may struggle in reading, and some proposed strategies for better comprehensive reading. The findings of the research indicate that there are many problems that contribute to not deeply understanding while reading, and reading issues are more than trouble understanding or remembering what ones have read. The paper draws the conclusion that despite reading encounters, reading comprehension can get better with building vocabulary success and appropriate reading methods. | Thu Dau Mot University Journal of Science Issue 1 40 -2019 READING COMPREHENSION IN ENGLISH BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS Luu Hoang Mai1 1Thu Dau Mot University ARTICLE INFO Article history Received Jun. Accepted Jan . Contact hoangmai 75@hotmail. Abstract Reading comprehension has been described as a hierarchy of discrete skills or as a process associated with general thinking and solving problem. Not everyone knows exactly ways to avoid being bewildered and confused in comprehending. This paper based on secondary research will discuss three aspects of reading comprehension its importance the barriers a reader may struggle in reading and some proposed strategies for better comprehensive reading. The findings of the research indicate that there are many problems that contribute to not deeply understanding while reading and reading issues are more than trouble understanding or remembering what ones have read. The paper draws the conclusion that despite reading encounters reading comprehension can get better with building vocabulary success and appropriate reading methods. Keywords barriers English reading comprehension solutions INTRODUCTION Reading is a part of our lives and it gives us more knowledge as well as it is an effective way to entertain. Therefore reading comprehension is an extremely important skill for individuals. Hellyer Robinson and Sherwood 2001 as well as Kalayci 2012 stated that reading is a selfdiscovery process. In this process the reader contacts directly the materials by investing in both cognitive and metacognitive efforts to decompose new knowledge in order to make or infer meaning. From this point of view it is clear to say reading comprehension is the final product of the process. People think that reading comprehension is passive but it is actually an active process. As Block 1992 indicates reading is such a hidden process that it is often unnoticed in the language classroom. Therefore learning reading comprehension is .