THE STUDENTS’ CHALLENGES IN COMPREHENDING ENGLISH COMIC STORIES

Abstract

This study analyzed the students’ challenges in comprehending English comic stories. It was conducted to know the students’ challenges in comprehending English comic stories. The method used in this study was qualitative research. The research design of the study was a descriptive analysis method. The primary data were from the interview guideline of six members of Senior High School in Banda Aceh. The data collecting procedure is the Interview guideline. The results from the steps of data collection procedures revealed that there are thirteen students’ challenges in comprehending English comic stories. These challenges are reading a lots comic stories, noisy atmosphere, unfamiliar vocabulary, difficulty understanding topics of English comic stories, complicated story, inding the main idea of the story, pronounciation, incorrect grammar, unclear pictures, black and white comics, writing, reading bubble chats and thoughts, multiple panel.