Reading Habits of Indonesian English Department Polytechnic Students
Authors
Desi Yulastri*, Muthia Damaiyanti, Sumira Sumira
English Department, Politeknik Negeri Padang, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia
Corresponding Author
Desi Yulastri
Available Online 4 March 2022.
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220301.130How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Polytechnic students; reading habits; reading skill
- Abstract
This study reported the reading habits of the English Department students of Politeknik Negeri Padang. The survey method was applied in this research. Forty nine students from the second year level were the respondents in this study. The findings revealed that (1) majority of the respondents do not spend much time for reading activity; (2) the respondents mostly read novel than academic reading; (3) more than half of the respondents choose to spend their spare time with internet related activities; (4) they prefer Indonesian reading materials than English. Further, the findings are discussed as well as the implication of it for academic teaching.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Desi Yulastri AU - Muthia Damaiyanti AU - Sumira Sumira PY - 2022 DA - 2022/03/04 TI - Reading Habits of Indonesian English Department Polytechnic Students BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Social Science 2021 (iCAST-SS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 790 EP - 793 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220301.130 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220301.130 ID - Yulastri2022 ER -