Nowadays, online reading is universally used by everyone especially the
students. Online reading becomes more effective if students are equipped with
strategies while reading text. This research analyzes the commonly used of online
reading strategies by students at English Department in UIN Antasari Banjarmasin.
Furthermore, the researcher also describes about the problems faced by English
Students while using online reading sources.
The design of this research was qualitative method with descriptive approach.
The subject in this research was the fifth semester students of English Department. The
object in this research was the most and least online reading strategy used by English
Students and the problems faced by English Students while they using online reading
sources. In data collection, the researcher used interview and documentary. Then, all
of data were collected and analyzed in descriptive analysis based on Creswell.
The result of this research indicated the most online reading strategy used is
Support Reading Strategy, and the least is Global Reading Strategy. In the other hand,
the problems faced that are discovered in using online reading sources are: The lack of
scientific vocabularies, the validity of the sources, the lack of technique when searching
the relevant material, typographical features, the quantity of the materials, and internal
problems that are related to the duration of reading online that affects eyes to be tired
and internet connection.