JUDUL

An analysis of student difficulties in finding the main idea in the reading text
of the 4th semester English students at IKIP Pgri Pontianak

TUJUAN PENELITIAN
This study aims to find out about student’ difficulties in finding the
main idea in the reading text of the 4th semester English students at
IKIP Pgri Pontianak
 GAP

The difficulty of finding the main idea in a reading text is often a difficulty for students because sometimes the main idea of
the reading is not only at the beginning of the paragraph but can be in the middle and at the end, caused by several things
such as low vocabulary mastery, being bored because they have to study whole.

Based on the title and purpose of this outline, the researcher will analyze what actually the students' difficulties in finding
the main idea in the reading text, apart from low vocabulary mastery and boredom having to read as a whole. This research
was conducted on 4th-semester English students at IKIP PGRI Pontianak.

METHODOLOGY
Research design : Descriptive Qualitative Study
Technique of Sampling : Purposeful sampling
Sample : Class C Afternoon, Semester 4
Technique of Data Collection : Open-ended questionnaire
Technique of Data Analysis : Thematic Analysis

HASIL PENELITIAN DAN INTERPTERASI

 The result of this research analyzed three component or aspect. which is consisted of five questions of quesionnaire

1.Student difficulties in finding the main idea

Nama Jawaban mahasiswa tentang apa saja kesulitan Point

mahasiswa mahasiswa dalam menemukan ide pokok
(alias)
Mahasiswa Tidak begitu memahami apalagi kalau teks nya panjang Cukup
A dan dalam bahasa inggris sulit
Mahasiswa Pemahaman Grammar dan kosakata yang kurang Cukup
B memadai sulit
Mahasiswa Kesulitannya yaitu menentukan suatu kalimat objektif Sulit
C dan efektif
Mahasiswa kurangnya ketertarikan pada ide pokok, sulit memahami Sulit
D kalimat bahasa inggris dan menterjemahkan bacaannya

Based on the answers from the students

above, the researcher concludes that there
are still many students who find it difficult
when they want to find the main idea in
reading, namely lack of understanding of
grammar and vocabulary, difficult to translate,
difficult to determine which main idea in a
long reading, and feeling lazy to read.
Nama Jawaban mahasiswa, apa yang dirasakan ketika poin
mahasiswa mendapat soal tentang menemukan ide pokok
(alias)
Mahasiswa A Saya biasa nya ragu untuk menentukannya Ragu
Mahasiswa B Menurut saya rasakan soal tersebut agak lumayan Sulit
Sulit
Mahasiswa C bingung dan langsung mencoba berpikir keras Bingung
Mahasiswa D Muncul rasa malas untuk membaca Malas

Base on the student answer, the students' lack of

understanding in determining main ideas, namely
the student cannot distinguish between main
ideas and supporting ideas, the student does not
know the location of main ideas, and the student
does not know how to determine main ideas.

Nama Jawaban mahasiswa, apa yang menyebabkan poin

mahasiswa merasa sulit menemukan ide pokok
(alias)
Mahasiswa A Karna terlalu banyak bagian yg serupa dan kurang Kurangnya
nya knowledge dalam menulis 4 tata bahasa dalam pemahaman
mempelajari bahasa Satra tentang
tatabahasa
Mahasiswa B Penyebab sulitnya menemukan ide karena malas malas
untuk berpikir
Mahasiswa C Sulit karena lelah membaca& gampang menyerah Lelah
membaca
Mahasiswa D Pemahaman vocabulary dan grammar kurang Kurang
sehingga sulit menterjemahkan pengusaan
vocabulary
dan
grammar

From the statement above, the student said that

she had difficulty understanding the text because
the writing and the reading were different. In
interpreting English sentences, the student cannot
interpret them in word by word. Without
understanding the sentence patterns or
grammatical confusion, it will make reading
difficult and the overall meaning of the text seems
 Nama Jawaban mahasiswa, bagaimana cara yang kalian Points
Mahasiswa lakukan untuk menemukan ide pokok?
(alias)
Mahasiswa A Membaca semua bacaan terlebih dahulu Memahami
bacaan
Mahasiswa B Berfikir sejenak dan fokus fokus
Mahasiswa C Melihat temanya apa baru mencari kalimat yang Menyesuaikan
sesuai tema tema
Mahasiswa D Liat contoh di buku/google dan coba mencermati Melihat
setiap kalimat dari awal sampai akhir contoh

3. Solution

Nama Jawaban mahasiswa, apa solusi yang dilakukan Point

mahasiswa ketika sulit menemukan ide pokok
(alias)
Mahasiwa A Memilih bagian paling utama
Mahasiwa B Saya Mencari solusi dari berbagai referensi buku,
internet
Mahasiwa C Saya biasanya Membaca berulang dan tetap fokus
Mahasiwa D Mencermati kalimat dari awal-akhir supaya dapat
menemukan ide pokok tersebut

Base on the answer above, the students need more practice of reading. Most of
them still have low interest in reading, especially in joining reading test or
reading activity in reading class, because those activity provide different genre
text which they are not interested in. They also need more reading practice to
improve their vocabulary mastery. Based on the research result, it is showed
that most of English student have limited vocabulary knowledge whereas
vocabulary is the basic knowledge for those who want to learn a new language