Reading Comprehension Difficulties among EFL Learners: The Case of Third-Year Learners at Nehali Mohamed Secondary School

Abstract

The reading comprehension skill is considered as one of the four fundamental language skills that an EFL learner must perform. Actually, it is not an easy skill since most of learners have many reading issues. The purpose of this present work is to investigate on these reading difficulties that third-year Secondary School learners face, and to identify their reading problems and the reasons behind their weaknesses in performing the reading task. The questionnaire and interview have been used as research instruments which are addressed, respectively, to third-year learners and teachers at Nehali Mohamed secondary school. The results reveal that most of the learners have difficulties in reading comprehension at the level of pronunciation and ambiguous words, as well as the nature of the selected materials.