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In this study, the researcher describes about "Reading Comprehension Difficulties in Second Semester Students of English Education Department of Borneo University Tarakan". This research focuses on students' comprehension difficulties in reading. In this study, the researcher identifies problem factors by looking at several indicators, namely reading words, fluency, vocabulary and knowledge. This research will use a qualitative method with a descriptive approach that seeks to describe a phenomenon and problem by drawing a conclusion orally or in writing. In this study, researchers took 7 second semester students of class A2 as informants. As for data collection, researchers used observation, interviews and questionnaires as research instruments. Researchers used three main phases in analyzing research data, namely data reduction, data presentation, and verification of conclusions. From the data analysis, the researcher found student problems and the causes of problems in student reading comprehension, namely the lack of vocabulary and word knowledge is the main obstacle in reading so that this affects other aspects such as word reading and fluency, this will be a little more difficult when a student feels embarrassed or hesitant when ordered by the lecturer to discuss the reading results. Based on the above problems, the researcher draws one conclusion, namely the lack of vocabulary owned by students and their curiosity about new vocabulary or not enriching vocabulary.