The aims of this research were (1) to know the level of student’s mastery in reading comprehension (2) to find out the students’ problems in reading comprehension.
The method of this research was a descriptive method. The data were taken on May 2012, at SMP 2 Banjarnegara. The sample were 32 students. The techniques which were used to collect the data were by using reading test, questionnaire, and interview.
After the data had been analyzed using percentage, it was found that there were problems in reading comprehension based on test and supported by interview, they were: identifying main idea and inferences 28,47%, grammar 34%, vocabulary 38%.
Meanwhile the finding factor causing the student’s problems in learning reading comprehension based on the data from questionnaire in internal factors there were interest (62%), attitude (61%), intelligence (58%), aptitude (57%), motivation(38%), and feeling (31%).From external factors there were: teaching method (63%), material (70%), media (47%), class atmosphere (47%), family (41%) and facilities (36%).
The result of the study revealed that theproblemsand the factors causing those problems of learninginreading comprehension faced by students was still high.