EFL Teachers Difficulties in Implementing Authentic Assessment in Reading at SMAN in Padang Panjang

The present study is aimed to describe the EFL teachers difficulties in implementing authentic assessment in reading. This is a descriptive qualitative research. Thus, there were 6 English teachers who participated in this research. Technique data collection is interview. Research finding shows that EFL teachers had difficulty in choosing the text to be used in appropriate topic. And then, they was also difficult in simplifying the texts which could be understood by the students. Thus, they had difficulty to design a rubric. Furthermore, the difficulty came from the lack of vocabularies on the students in conveying their ideas from the text. Meanwhile, the teachers mentioned difficulty, but the teachers can implemented the types because they try to overcome their difficulties. And the students can involved in the activity well.