Challenges in Reading Comprehension Faced by IELTSStudents

Abstract

This study entitled Challenges in Reading Comprehension Faced by IELTS Students was an attempt to explore the challenges in reading comprehension faced by IELTS students and to provide some pedagogical implications of the study.I used narrative inquiry as the research design to carry out this study. The population of the research included all the IELTS students from Kathmandu valley. Four IELTS students who have already taken IELTS examinations were selected as the sample for the study by using non-random purposive sampling procedure. I conducted openended in-depth interview to elicit the required data. The data were analyzed by using thematic approach. From the results and discussion of the data, it was found that the participants feel difficulty in comprehending the reading text due to lack of sufficient time, complex vocabulary, difficult to find key ideas, complex grammatical structure,stress of exam and boring texts. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with the introduction of the study which includes of background of the study, statement of the problem,rationale of the study,objectives of the study, research questions, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Similarly, second chapter incorporates about the review of theoretical as well as empirical literature and its implication for the study. Moreover, it also includes the conceptual framework.Likewise, the third chapter includes with the methods and procedures of the study which covers design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis procedures, and ethical considerations. In the same way, the fourth chapter consists the analysis and interpretation of the data. Finally, the fifth chapter incorporates the findings and conclusion of the study followed by some policy related, practice related, and further research related recommendation based on the study. The references and the appendices are also includedat the end of the study.