Finding the reasons why learners are struggling can help them develop necessary skills. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to figure out some reading difficulties of ESL/EFL learners and suggest some solutions to tackle these issues. Besides, the paper also indicates the important roles of reading so as to help students pay more attention to this skill. | COMMON READING TECHNIQUES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE READERS Huynh Bao Tran Nguyen Pham Thuy Uyen Nguyen Lam Tuyet Nhi Faculty of English Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology HUTECH Supervisor Tran Quoc Thao ABSTRACT Reading is one of the most difficult skills of language learning so many young learners encounter obstacles in the reading process. Difficulties in reading can cause troubles in writing spelling fluency and comprehension. When students want to improve their reading skill they need to know the main causes of their reading difficulties. Finding the reasons why learners are struggling can help them develop necessary skills. Therefore the purpose of this paper is to figure out some reading difficulties of ESL EFL learners and suggest some solutions to tackle these issues. Besides the paper also indicates the important roles of reading so as to help students pay more attention to this skill. Keywords English difficulties reader reading technique. 1 INTRODUCTION Nowadays reading plays an important role in our daily lives. It not only helps everyone to reduce stress but also improves our knowledge. Reading is also one of the necessary skills in learning a language especially English. quot Of all the skills students learn reading is arguably one of the most important learning skills. Today especially in the developed world it is considered a fundamental skill required for success Smith 1994 . Nowadays many people read books magazines and newspapers to relax and also get their news. In a second language classroom reading is a significant part of forming background knowledge for other language skills. Seeing that there is too much information that the teacher can not give students within a lesson we have to read materials to get more information about the subjects. What is more in order to catch up in school learners have to read the textbooks at home before. In the English examination students have to read as fast as possible to get the meaning of the
