AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS DIFFICULTIES IN UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH READING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT (A CASE STUDY AT THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AT MTS N 2 BOYOLALI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the difficulties and the factors causing the difficulties students in reading comprehension of descriptive texts in eighth-grade students at MTs Negeri 2 Boyolali. This type of research is qualitative. Participants this research is the researcher, an English teacher, and 11 eighth grade students MTs Negeri 2 Boyolali.There are two types of data collection techniques in this study,documentation, and interviews. The researcher gives a test read to students for documentation, and the result is documentation. Researcher got data from the object of this research, namely student reading texts and direct interview, by asking them some questions about the difficulty in reading comprehension. From the subject found that of the 25 difficulties that have been analyzed, 8% of students have difficulty understanding the main idea, 4% of students have difficulty comprehending vocabulary,there are 12% of students have difficulty making inference.76% of students have difficulty detail information,the students answer in less detail and specifically, they only answer general things related to what is being asked.In interview students had difficulty because some thought English was challenging to understand and did not like it. Therefore, it can be concluded that students are not interested in English texts because they do not or do not understand.The same thing, when friends in class are active and have high grades, it will motivate other students to be active and enthusiastic to learn. Therefore, it can be concluded that classmates affect students' learning motivation.Therefore, it can be concluded that the understanding of the material in this class is still low and needs to be improved both in material delivery and learning styles. They said that they lack parental control in learning. Therefore, most of them did not have enough motivation from their parents to learn English. Moreover, the students in MTsN 2 Boyolali also have problems with school conditions. Their school did not provide enough reading material, so they could not learn to read well.