European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO POOR READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS IN SECONDARY THIRD GRADE STUDENTS

Zeinab Mohammed Babiker Alrufai* and Dr. Mohammed Bakri Hadidi

ABSTRACT

The present study discuss factors that contribute to poor reading comprehension skills in secondary third grade students. The aim of this study is to find out those factors and put appropriate solutions. To fulfill the aim of the study, the researcher has adopted the descriptive analytical approach in this study. The data of this study collect by test and questionnaire. Test given to students and questionnaire given to English teachers The results showed that there are many factors that contributed to poor reading comprehension skills and the most important contributing factors are the weak student's vocabulary and elicitation skills as well as their poor prior knowledge, grammar and motivation to read. The study suggested some recommendations to solve all these problems and stressed on encouraging the students and using different motivations to increase their interest in reading comprehension, as the desire to learn is the basis of success.

Keywords: Reading, Reading comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, motivation, prior knowledge.