Author

Sitti Roskina Mas

Subject

- Pendidikan

Abstract

Reading is recognized, as a main literacy skill for learning and it is an indispensable tool for life-long learning. This paper aims to present some results from the first year of the ongoing research on the children reading habits. This study investigated the readings habits primary school students and explored how the family, teacher and peer group influenced the reading habit of the students. The study was conducted in 2 districts in Gorontalo Province, Indonesia. The data was gathered through questionnaires with 90 students (41 boys and 49 girls) from 3 primary schools and interviews with 30 students, 38 teachers, 3 principals and 2 sub-district education managers. The study employed both quantitative and qualitative approach for data collection. Data collected were summarized using frequency and percentage tables. The study found that students who indicated high interest in reading; who indicated high interest in reading; who read regularly after school; read not only their school textbooks but also fiction and nonfiction books; they owned an adequate amount of books to read. The study confirmed that there were several motives of students to read. Academically-related reasons such as to pass the examination and improving knowledge as well as to get information were the main motives for reading and only a limited number of the students were reading for drive pleasure and as hobby. The high interest in reading of the students indicated in the data in the research findings that show majority of the students borrowed their reading materials from library Keywords— Reading habits, students, school, book, literacy awareness

Publisher

Atlantis Press

Contributor

-

Publish

2016

Material Type

PROSIDING

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