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This research was conducted on high school students who had taken the TOEFL test. From the results of this study it was found that the biggest problem in reading comprehension in the TOEFL test was due to the lack of interest in reading highschool students so they would feel bored by seeing the text in front of them and it was still difficult for high school students to find the meaning of the text due to lack of vocabulary, and lack of practice to answer questions related to reading comprehension with the lack of practice, they think that the time to answer questions is not enough. So from the research conducted it is expected to overcome these difficulties, high school students must increase their practice of reading comprehension questions both at home and at the course, and must increase interest in reading and increase vocabulary so that it is easier to work on problems in the reading comprehension section.  \nKeywords: reading comprehension, TOEFL  \nINTRODUCTION  \nIn this era, English is not a strange thing for everyone. Because English isan international language, which is used in all corners of the world. In Indonesia, English has become one of the subjects in the world of education. There are 4 skills in English, currently the TOEFL test is the most internationally recognized  \ntest for measuring a person's level of English (Warfield, [et.al](et.al), 2013). One of which is reading. According to Grabe & Stloller,(2002) reading is a way to draw information from the printed page and to interpret the information appropriately.everyone actually has to master this skill because by mastering this reading skill the message of a text can be conveyed.  \nTo find out how high our English level is, we can take the TOEFL test, because the TOEFL is a standard test used to measure English language proficiency. At present the TOEFL score has become one of the requirements to get a scholarship abroad. so many people who have taken the TOEFL test. In Indonesia, the TOEFL certified internationally is held by the English Language System (ETS) (Mahmud, 2014).) . Even now all universities in Indonesia have a TOEFL score to pass and even to get a job TOEFL score has become one of the requirements. The authority of universities set this precondition because they believe that TOEFL is able to evaluate students’ ability and skills to understand English in academic tasks (Aliponga, 2013) .  \nPrevious research conducted by Febriani [et.al](et.al) (2019) this research said that the problems faced by eighth semester students were lack of students'understanding of the text, lack of student background, lack of student reading strategies, which caused students to fail in answering reading comprehension questions on the TOEFL test. Antoni (2014) also said the difficulties experienced by students in interpreting texts, vocabulary restrictions, and time constraints.  \nAnother research was conducted by Octarina (2018) in this research many questions were asked from Deborah Philips TOEFL book. that is, difficulty in finding the main idea, Implied Detail Question, Unstated Detail, Stated Detail Question and Vocabulary [queation. in](queation. in) this research said that the most difficulty faced by students is when they have to find the main ideas of the text, because ","cbCaiihQW3W9kcAo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiihQW3W9kcAo","pdf",409754,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Literature Review","[{\"question\":\"What research method is used to examine TOEFL reading comprehension difficulties?\",\"answer\":\"The study uses a qualitative method and collects data from high school students who have taken the TOEFL test.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the biggest problems students face in the TOEFL reading comprehension section?\",\"answer\":\"The study reports low interest leading to boredom, difficulty understanding texts due to limited vocabulary, and lack of practice. 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