The Students’ motivation in reading and reading interest of the fifth semester students of IAIN Palangka Raya

Muliati, Chitra (2017) The Students’ motivation in reading and reading interest of the fifth semester students of IAIN Palangka Raya. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Palangka Raya.

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Abstract

There is a major concern among educators about students who can not read but more seriously about those who can read but do not have the motivation to read. In recent years, many researchers have tried to find out the reason behind the lack of motivation to read. In any academic or higher learning context, reading is perceived as the most prominent language skill. It is through reading that the students learn new information and become able to synthesize, evaluate, and interpret. As the better readers the students are, the better achievement they get in second language acquisition. There must be reasons what control the students’ behavior toward reading.

This study was aimed at: (1) investigating the factors that motivate the fifth semester students in reading, and (2) knowing what types of reading materials interest the students.

The study was descriptive study using qualitative approach with case study design. Data were collected through a questionnaire and interview which analyzed quantitatively. The subjects of study were 40 students from the fifth semester of IAIN Palangka Raya. The students are all in similar age of 20-21 years old. The samples of the study were chosen by using purposes sampling technique.

The results of the study showed that: (1) the fifth semester students of IAIN Palangka Raya have only acquired an average level of reading motivation. This can be rooted from a low level of competency regarding their prior knowledge and experience in reading. The students’ tendency to ditch reading difficult materials and the high level of work avoidance, recognition, and compliance, shows that students are mainly motivated by extrinsic motivation, (2) the results of reading interest also discovered that the students found non-academic related materials more interesting than the academic ones. There was a quite gap in difference between the male and female reading interest, yet the types of reading for pleasure materials dominate for the other types for both genders.

ABSTRAK

Terdapat kekhawatiran besar di antara para pendidik terhadap para siswa yang tidak bisa membaca namun lebih-lebih terhadap mereka yang dapat membaca namun tidak memiliki motivasi untuk membaca. Dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, banyak peniliti mencoba untuk menemukan alasan dibalik kurangnya motivasi membaca. Di dalam konteks akademik, membaca dianggap sebagai keterampilan bahasa yang paling penting. Bahwa melalui membaca, para siswa mempelajari informasi baru dan mampu mensintesis, mengevaluasi dan menafsirkan hal-hal baru. Semakin baik seseorang dalam membaca, semakin baik pula pencapaian yang didapatkan dalam penguasaan bahasa kedua. Pasti ada alasan apa yang mengendalikan motivasi siswa dalam membaca.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) menginvestigasi faktor-faktor yang memotivasi mahasiswa semester lima dalam membaca, (2) mengetahui tipe-tipe bahan bacaan yang menarik menurut mahasiswa.

Penelitian ini adalah analisis deskriptif yang menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan desain studi kasus. Data dikumpulkan melalui kuisioner dan wawancara yang dianalisis dengan metode kuantitatif. Subyek penelitian adalah empat puluh orang mahasiswa semester lima di IAIN Palangka Raya. Mereka memiliki rentang usia yang sama berkisar 20-21 tahun. Sampel dari penelitian dipilih berdasarkan teknik purposive sampling.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) para mahasiswa semester lima IAIN Palangka Raya hanya memiliki motivasi membaca di level rata-rata. Ini disebabkan rendahnya level kompetensi dan kepercayaan diri yang berhubungan dengan pengetahuan dan pengalaman dalam membaca. Para mahasiswa cenderung mengabaikan bahan bacaan yang sulit dan tingginya level dalam work-avoidance, recognition, dan compliance menunjukkan bahwa motivasi utama berasal dari motivasi ekstrinsik, (2) hasil dari bahan bacaan yang diminati mengungkapkan bahwa mahasiswa lebih menyukai bacaan non-akademik. Terdapat perbedaan yang cukup mencolok untuk bahan bacaan yang diminati antara lelaki dan perempuan. Namun, jenis bahaan untuk kesenangan lebih mendominasi dibandingkan bahan bacaan lain untuk kedua gender tersebut.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Uncontrolled Keywords: motivation; reading motivation; reading interest; type of reading; bahasa Inggris
Subjects: 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2003 Language Studies > 200302 English Language
20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200401 Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
Divisions: Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan > Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa > Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: muchti muchti nurhidaya
Date Deposited: 25 Sep 2017 07:53
Last Modified: 25 Sep 2017 07:53
URI: http://digilib.iain-palangkaraya.ac.id/id/eprint/813

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