Reading Interest of Senior High School Students: A Case Study

Abstract

Nowadays, the development of the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language has been transformed. Learners do not only focus on the learning of speaking and writing but also reading since they are required to be able to smartly respond to the texts they are reading. The development of the information and technology forces the focus of teaching and learning on the critical reading that might be less interesting for the students. The students may not know their interest in reading before they start reading. A unique condition in Magelang regency, a small town close to Yogyakarta, the students of senior high schools have achieved their best achievement for their learning that can be seen from the rank of the school that becomes the best school in terms of the final examination in Central Java. To know the teaching and learning of English in that school can be an alternative for other schools. Based on the case study conducted in some schools in Magelang regency, it can be found that the teaching and learning are still varied. The findings were discussed under the following terms; students’ reading activities, mastery of reading skills, reading materials, and reading modality. It is a problem for the success of language teaching as the students can have low motivation in reading if the reading materials were not interesting for them.

Reading Interest Strength and Vocabulary Acquisition of EFL Learners: A Meta-Analysis

“…On the other hand, several studies showed many EFL learners have a low interest in reading. One of them is the study conducted by Rachmawati (2018). Her study reported the EFL learners did the reading activity when they are in learning processes and when they are in examination (for answering the question) (Rachmawati, 2018).…”

“…Two factors influence the students' motivation based on a study conducted by Almekhlafy & Alqahtani (2020); motivated by themselves (intrinsic motivation) and motivated from outside (extrinsic motivation) (Almekhlafy & Alqahtani, 2020). These factors (intrinsic and extrinsic) can build the students" interest in reading (Rachmawati, 2018).…”

“…According to Rachmawati (2018), reading interest is someone's interest in reading. A person's interest in reading can be influenced by several factors such as encouragement from people around them, habits, to the reading material they use to read.…”

The Use of Mind Mapping to Teach Reading Comprehension

“…In this process, readers interact dynamically with the text as they try to elicit the meaning. Reading is classified as recognition of printed or written symbols, which serve as stimuli for the recall of meanings built up through the reader's past experience (Rachmawati, 2018). It has also been described as a process of translating alphabetical symbols into a form of language from which the native speaker has already derived the meaning (Bond, 1984: 02).…”

Pengembangan Cerita Pendek Menggunakan Media Gambar Grafis untuk Siswa SD

“…Terlebih anak-anak sebagai generasi penerus harus memiliki wawasan yang luas. Salah satu cara untuk memperoleh pengetahuan yang luas yaitu dengan banyak membaca (Rachmawati, 2018). Karena keterampilan membaca diperlukan untuk kepentingan pemenuhan kebutuhan mendapatkan informasi secara holistik dari apa yang dibaca, saran refleksi, dan kepentingan studi sesuai ruang lingkup disiplin keilmuan (Siti Anisatun Nafi'ah,2018:39).…”