In language learning, mastering all four skills is considered ideal. Some say speaking comes naturally, even in the learning of a foreign language. Listening sis also a language skill many link with the skills of speaking. One needs to listen to how a language sounds to be able to imitate the sounds. Writing skills ,although has been seen as a difficult skill by many, are skills that people need -be it formally or informally. Finally, comes reading skills. There are extensive reading skills where people read on a regular basis –“feeding” on information that can either be considered as leisure, formal or even academic. When it comes to academic reading, many have mixed feelings-making that of fear. Students in higher institutions will find that academic reading is an important skill that they need to master. This study is done to explore the perception of learners on reading difficulties. This study is also done to investigate the influence of reading strategies such as cognitive, metacognitive and social-affective strategies on reading difficulties. Findings also revealed that there is s negative significant moderate relationship between reading difficulties with metacognitive and social affective strategies. This study adds on to the existing body of knowledge on the use of reading strategies to reduce perception of reading difficulties during reading comprehension.
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