Student Teachers’ Reading Habits and Preferences

Priajana, Nana

doi:10.23971/jefl.v3i2.65

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“…Hence by providing a variety of topics for reading and a conducive place to read, such as a mini-library at home, reading habits can be increased among students. Moreover, learners' reading habits can be increased by providing a variety of reading materials such as books, magazines, newspapers, graphic novels, comic books, fiction or non-fiction texts and many more (Priajana, 2013). In order to compete in the global marketplaces of the future, young generations, particularly students, need to develop good reading habits.…”

Section: Reading Habitmentioning

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The Use of Multimodal Text in Enhancing Students’ Reading Habit

Jamil

Aziz

2021

MJSSH

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Reading habit is a fundamental skill that is necessary for every student's life. However, Malaysia is far from a culture of reading. Therefore, to step forward to a world that enjoys reading, everyone needs to spread good reading habits as soon as possible. Thus, this conceptual paper provides a literature review that is relevant to students' reading habits by using multimodal text. Additionally, it explores reading habits, the importance of reading, multimodal text as instructional material, and the advantages of using multimodal text to improve students' reading habits. By identifying some advantages of using multimodal text in improving students' reading habits, such as making the learning environment more interesting and productive, encouraging more on reading habits and motivate students to read texts with passion. Thus, teachers should be encouraged to develop their own multimodal text to be used in the ESL classroom.

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Section: Reading Habitmentioning

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The Use of Multimodal Text in Enhancing Students’ Reading Habit

Jamil

Aziz

2021

MJSSH

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“…Moreover, with the development of technology and media, those teachers who do not read books habitually spend either less time on reading or do not read at all. In this technology era, teachers mostly prefer to spend their free time by watching movies online, listening to music, and social networks such as Facebook, Tik-tok, Instagram and Twitter (Priajana, 2015).…”

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E-Book Reading Genre Preferences of Teachers Teaching in Foreign Languages in Private Schools (Case Study / Iraq)

Ulker

Çelik

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IJSSES

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This study examines the electronic book reading preferences of teachers who teach their subjects in a foreign language in secondary school, high school, and university in terms of different variables. This study examines the teachers' electronic book reading interests, the types of books, and book reading pages regarding gender variables. In the research, a descriptive survey model was used. Descriptive analysis was carried out on large groups. The opinions and attitudes of the individuals in the group were taken, and the facts and events were tried to be described (Karakaya, 2012). The study was carried out with 23 teachers working in 3 different private institutions in the Kurdistan region of Iraq in the 2021-2022 academic year. According to the findings, teachers' e-book reading genres increased in subjects that appealed to their careers. The researchers found that the difference between male and female teachers' book preferences is worth examining. This study explored what types of fiction and nonfiction genres teachers prefer to read digitally when digital reading is popular worldwide. This study is expected to contribute to the subsequent studies in related literature.

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“…Iftani (2015) conducted a study on EFL college students in East Java, the findings indicated that most of the respondents read for some purposes, such as for pleasure, assignments, knowledge and examination purpose. In a study conducted by Priajana (2013), EFL students mostly read topics that is related to their academic purpose regardless of reading for pleasure. So, many observations reveal that students read mainly for examination purpose rather than for other purposes.…”

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Reading Habit and Its Affect on Academic Performance of The Students of Advanced Technological Institute, Sammanthurai

Firnas

Munas

Rizvi³

2021

IJMABER

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Readings plays an important role in the life of a human. It is also one of the most important components of the language. Reading habit is determined by measuring how often the people read, how long do they read and what do they read. Particularly for students, reading is very crucial part for them during the span of learning. It is an instrument used to acquire new knowledge and skills. This study aims to investigate the reading habits among students and their effect on their academic performance. This study is conducted at ATI, Sammanthurai located in the Eastern province, Sri Lanka. Data are collected using questionnaire with deductive approach in quantitative method and analyzed by statistical package for social science (SPSS). Findings are presented using frequency analysis, regression analysis, descriptive analysis and correlation analysis. The questionnaire is conducted via Google form then shared among the students of ATI, Sammanthurai. The findings indicate that most of the students has a good reading habit and it affects their academic performance positively. Finally, the study confirms that there is a relationship between reading habit and the academic performance of the students. Some findings are that; the majority of the respondents read class notes which means the need to read it for the examination purpose. Majority of the students get reading material via internet (81.4%) as they state that they spend most of their time in surfing internet and using social media.

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Student Teachers’ Reading Habits and Preferences

Cited by 8 publications

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The Use of Multimodal Text in Enhancing Students’ Reading Habit

The Use of Multimodal Text in Enhancing Students’ Reading Habit

E-Book Reading Genre Preferences of Teachers Teaching in Foreign Languages in Private Schools (Case Study / Iraq)

Reading Habit and Its Affect on Academic Performance of The Students of Advanced Technological Institute, Sammanthurai

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