Dewi, Galuh Indah Kusmia (2023) An Analysis On Students’ Problems Of Working Memory Capacity In Reading Comprehension At SMK Negeri 2 Metro. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out the students’ problems in reading comprehension on working memory capacity of the tenth grade of Mekanik Pertanian (MP) at tenth grade SMK Negeri 2 Metro and to investigate the most difficult of working memory capacity faced by of the tenth grade of Mekanik Pertanian (MP) at tenth grade SMK Negeri 2 Metro. The use of qualitative methods with a case study approach, namely conducting observations and interviews used to collect data.

Based on the research results, it is find out that students experience difficulties in working memory capacity which can be seen in the aspects of reading comprehension, namely: main ideas, expressions, inferences, grammatical features, details (scanning for a specifically stated detail), excluding facts not written, supporting ideas, and vocabulary in context. Therefore, students difficulty capturing the main idea in the text, difficulty in drawing conclusions in reading comprehension with a deeper meaning, difficulty in understanding the meaning of the words contained in of the content in the reading text, difficulty in determining phrases, expressions and compound, difficulty in retrieving sentences that contained grammatical elements, students cannot find information in the text, difficulty developing main ideas in determining supporting ideas and difficulty in answering questions correctly. Moreover, it is find out that students difficulties in reading comprehension which can be seen in the working memory capacity aspect, namely: maintaining the meaning of text, keeping relevant information and making necessary connections between ideas. In this case students difficulty in interpreting the contents of the reading text correctly and did not understand the meaning intended in the text. Futhermore, difficulty finding relevant information and their memory capacity was very low and students' lack of vocabulary mastery and not being able to understand the meaning of the paragraph's ideas.

The conclusion of this research is that there are still many students who experience obstacles in learning reading comprehension due to weak memory and not being able to understand the meaning of the text. This is also caused by a lack of motivation to learn, a desire to find out, and an inability to focus on understanding, remembering and finding important information contained in the text. So this has a big influence on students' success in learning to read in English.

Keywords: Problems, Reading Comprehension, Working Memory Capacity, Reading

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