Proceedings of the First Indonesian Communication Forum of Teacher Training and Education Faculty Leaders International Conference on Education 2017 (ICE 2017)

Promoting Online Reading Habit Among Undergraduate Students by Reviewing and Summarizing E-Journal to Complete Academic Tasks

Authors
Elanneri Karani
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Elanneri Karani
Available Online February 2018.
DOI
10.2991/ice-17.2018.46How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Online reading habit; reviewing; summarizing; E-journal; academic task.
Abstract

Today, reading online activity is not only a trend but also an essential need among students at the university. Because online reading habit contributes significantly to the EFL learners successful in academic performance. This article reports what outcomes are resulted from reviewing and summarizing E-journal to complete academic tasks that promote online reading habit among undergraduate students at English Language Education Program of Teacher Training and Education Faculty, University of Palangka Raya. A questionnaire was used for data collection from 200 respondents, and descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. Findings showed that: most (97.5%) of the students reviewed E-journals as main references to write summaries, essays as final project-reports, thesis proposal, and research report; 2) all students (100%) claimed that the written products they produced were in the form of summaries, essays as final project-reports, research proposal, and research report, 3) the E-journals they read and referred most were: TEFLIN Journal, RELC (Singapore), The Asian EFL Journal and The Journal of Asia TEFL, and 4) all students (100%) stated that reviewed and summarized E-journal were very useful and meaningful to search ELT instruction and or research which are used to complete their academic tasks . So that the availability of accessible E-Library across universities all over Indonesia is urgent to provide in order promoting online reading habit and developing quantity and quality of research among faculty members.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the First Indonesian Communication Forum of Teacher Training and Education Faculty Leaders International Conference on Education 2017 (ICE 2017)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
February 2018
ISBN
10.2991/ice-17.2018.46
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/ice-17.2018.46How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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