Problems faced by primary two pupils of Sekolah Kebangsaan Kambug, Padawan, Kuching, in reading / Joseph Goldon Nisiam

The purpose of this study was to find out the factors that hindered the Primary Two pupils of Sekolah Kebangsaan Kambug, Padawan from reading and to determine the problems that they encountered when they read. In this study, a questionnaire was used for the data collection on 25th September 2006 and 27th September 2006. Based on the pupils’ responses, it was found out that the factors that hindered Primary Two pupils
from reading were their disinterest in reading, their socio-economic background, lack of motivation from their family members and peers, lack of reading materials, lack of time as well as affective factors such as shyness. It was also found that most ofthe pupils had problems in understanding the content and vocabulary, the use of correct punctuation and pronunciation. Moreover, they faced difficulty in answering the comprehension
questions and lacked the ability to retell the stories.