Reading Habits and their Correlation with Reading Achievement among ESL Learners in Selected Malaysian Secondary Schools

Hassan, Isyaku; Azmi, Mohd Nazri Latiff; Muhamad, Siti Normala; Abdullah, Ahmad Taufik Hidayah

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“…Thus, Bhan and Gupta (2010) and Baron (2017) assumed that reading is the art of decoding and interpreting messages from various written materials such as books, magazines, journals, newspapers, dictionaries, encyclopedias, pamphlets, and diaries. Hassan et al (2021) stated that reading habits influence reading materials, activities, time duration, place of reading, and reader motivation. In this study, reading habits are considered to be the students' reading preferences, interest in reading, attitude toward reading, and reading problems during study at the secondary level.…”

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“…At the same time, previous researchers focused on university level students' reading habits. Second, there are methodological identities that lead to dubious findings not confirming the influence of reading habits and study skills on academic achievement (Goel, 2014;Lawrence, 2014;Quadir and Chen, 2015;Sherafat and Murthy, 2016;Ameyaw and Anto, 2018;Silverrajoo and Hassan, 2018;Balan et al, 2019;Hassan et al, 2021). In general, there is a scarcity of research aiming to determine the correlation between students' reading habits and achievement through the role of study skills at any academic level.…”

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Relationships among students’ reading habits, study skills, and academic achievement in English at the secondary level

Abid

Aslam²,

Alghamdi³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionReading is an attempt to comprehend the writer’s message for personal growth and success in the relevant fields. Thus, psychologists consider it a multifaceted cognitive process of constructing meanings from texts. The present study was conducted to determine the relationships among students’ reading habits, study skills, and academic achievement in English at the secondary level in Punjab, Pakistan.MethodsThe (n = 1614) students enrolled in the science section for the academic year 2019–2020 participated in this descriptive correlational survey, selected from 40 high schools in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, through a non-proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The Reading Habits Questionnaire (RHQ) and the Study Skills Scale (SSS) were used to collect data about students’ reading habits and study skills. At the same time, academic achievement was the students’ grades obtained in the ninth class in the subject of English that were determined by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore in 2019. Students’ responses were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics.ResultsThe results indicated that students have competent reading habits and study skills. The correlational findings showed a strong positive relationship among reading habits, study skills, and academic achievement in English, while moderate positive relationships between reading habits and academic achievement in English. However, regression analysis results were significant, while reading habits and study skills moderately predicted academic achievement.DiscussionIt is implicated that teachers should plan such assignments and tasks based on reflective thinking by considering the role of study skills in academic achievement. Moreover, teachers and school administrators could mutually create timetables for library lessons to build reading habits and study skills among learners.

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Relationships among students’ reading habits, study skills, and academic achievement in English at the secondary level

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Aslam²,

Alghamdi³

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Front. Psychol.

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“…Entretanto, na literatura, a linguagem exige uma cuidadosa seleção e disposição das palavras tanto na fala quanto na escrita (ATEK et al, 2021;RASHID et al, 2010). A beleza dos gêneros literários, como o romance, a poesia e a prosa, é que eles são usados para expressar sentimentos e ideias, bem como para revelar as experiências dos autores (AZMI; HASSAN;SIDEK, 2020).…”

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“…Em segundo lugar, o Alfa de Cronbach revelou um valor de 0,782, que é considerado um nível de alta confiabilidade (CRONBACH, 1951). Instrumentos de pesquisa com alto grau de confiabilidade poderiam fornecer resultados mais precisos (HASSAN et al, 2021). Posteriormente, os dados foram analisados utilizando estatísticas descritivas, incluindo a média e o desvio padrão através do software SPSS Versão 21 em ≤ 0,05 nível de alfa.…”

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Strategies for learning the malay literature component in Malaysian secondary schools

Azmi

Hassan

Atek

et al. 2022

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Malay language literature is an essential component in language teaching and learning, and thus, the literature component is increasingly emphasized as an important subject in Malaysian secondary schools. Therefore, research indicates the need to determine students’ strategies for learning the Malay literature. This research aims to examine the strategies preferred by secondary school students in learning the Malay literature from environmental, psychological, sociological, and practical perspectives. The study employed a survey method in which a self-developed questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 160 fourth-year students in the literature from selected secondary schools in Terengganu, Malaysia. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics comprising the mean and standard deviation via the SPSS software Version 21. The findings revealed that the students prefer to learn the Malay literature while sitting on a chair or table and require a quiet, well-lighted, and equipped environment.

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“…Reading is a complex process that involves cognitive, physical, intellectual, cultural, and linguistic processes. Research shows that learners who read extensively tend to accomplish a high level of academic achievement (Hassan, Nazri Latiff Azmi, Normala Muhamad, & Taufik Hidayah Abdullah, 2021). The habit of reading the Koran is an educator's effort to increase the interest and ability of santri in reading the Qur'an through activities that are followed continuously (Hasanah, 2019).…”

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Metaqu; A Strategi to Enhance Reading Qur'an Capability Through Wali Asuh

Roisyah

Hambali²,

Rahman³

2022

edureligia

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This study aims to determine the improvement of students' ability to read the Qur'an through the talqin method. The method used is a qualitative approach with the type of case study, Data collection techniques using observation, interviews, and documentation. While the data analysis uses the air flow model which consists of three stages, namely: reducing data, presenting data, then drawing conclusions/verification. The results showed that the talqin method is an appropriate learning method in increasing the students' ability to read the Qur'an, and the talqin method is very influential on the improvement of the students' ability to read the Qur'an. This study implies that the talqin method can facilitate students in learning to read the Qur'an, especially in increasing the ability to read the Qur'an of students.

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Reading Habits and their Correlation with Reading Achievement among ESL Learners in Selected Malaysian Secondary Schools

Cited by 12 publications

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Relationships among students’ reading habits, study skills, and academic achievement in English at the secondary level

Relationships among students’ reading habits, study skills, and academic achievement in English at the secondary level

Strategies for learning the malay literature component in Malaysian secondary schools

Metaqu; A Strategi to Enhance Reading Qur'an Capability Through Wali Asuh

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