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Ferany Shaily Maulida, 2015

READING PROFILE OF EFL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: (A CASE STUDY OF EIGHTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM IN A PRIVATE COLLEGE IN SUBANG )

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

2.1.3 Environmental Factors Affecting Literacy ... 11

2.1.3.1 Home Environment ... 12

2.1.3.2 Environmental Conditions for Learning Literacy ... 13

2.2 Reading ... 16

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2.2.2 The Purpose of Reading ... 17

2.2.3 Reading Academic Material versus Reading non-academic Material ... 18

2.2.4 Reading for Pleasure ... 19

2.3 Reading Profile ... 22

2.3.1 Reading Habit&Reading Habit ... 23

2.3.2.1 ASRA (Adult Survey of Reading Attitude) ... 25

2.3.2.2 Reading Attitude and Reading Motivation……… .. 27

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD ... 38

3.1 Research Design ... 38

3.2 Site and Participants ... 38

3.4 The Technique of Collecting Data ... 39

3.4.1 Questionnaire ... 39

3.4.1.1 The First Type Questionnaire Used in the Study ... 40

3.4.1.2 The second Type of Questionnaire Used in the Study ... 41

3.4.2 Interview ... 41

3.4.2.1 The Technique of Selecting the Respondents to be Interviewed ... 42

3.5 The Technique of Data Analysis ... 42

CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSIONS ... 44

4.1 Reading Profile of the EFL Undergraduate Students ... 44

4.1.1 Students’ Reading Habit ... 44

4.1.1.1 Choice of Text ... 45

4.1.1.2 Activity Preferences ... 58

4.1.1.3Supporting Factors ... 64

4.1.1.4 Obstacles ... 76

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4.1.2.1 Students’ Reading Attitude in terms of Reading Activity and Enjoyment

... 81

4.1.2.2 Students’ Reading Attitude in terms of Anxiety and Difficulties ... . 83

4.1.2.3 Students’ Reading Attitude in terms of Modality ... 83

4.2 Students’ Reading Habit and Attitude in Relation to Students’ Reading Performance ... 84

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ... 90

5.1 Conclusion ... 90

5.2 Recommendations ... 91

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APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Questionnaire Outline

Appendix 2: Reading Profile Questionnaire

Appendix 3: The Average of TOEFL Reading raw score and the average point of English Reading Course

Appendix 4: The Rank of TOEFL Score, GPA of academic achievement, and Reading Score

Appendix 5: Table of Mean Value of each variable in ASRA

Appendix 6: Deskripsi Analisis dari angket ASRA (Adult Survey of Reading

Attitude)

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LIST OF FIGURE

Figure 4.1 The Amount of Time Spent on Academic Reading ... 43

Figure 4.2 The Amount of Time Spent on Non – Academic Reading (Voluntary Reading)... 47

Figure 4.3 Reading Preferences on Online and Paper - Based Text ... 48

Figure 4.4 Student’s Habit of Reading based on the Language of the text ... 51

Figure 4.5 The Average of Volume Reading Non Academic Text... 55

Figure 4.6 The Average of Volume Reading Academic Text ... 55

Figure 4.7 The Top 5 Topics as the 1st– Most Preferred ... 56

Figure 4.8 The Choice of Activity in the day off ... 60

Figure 4.9 Respondents Habit in using spare time between the class schedule without any task assignment to finish in campus ... 61

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Figure 4.11 The reasons that make the respondents read... 65

Figure 4.12 Factors which motivate students for reading academic text ... 66

Figure 4.13 Factors which motivate students to read non-academic text ... 68

Figure 4.14 Educational background of respondent’s mother ... 70

Figure 4.15 Educational background of respondent’s father ... 71

Figure 4.16 The Profession of Respondent’s Mother ... 73

Figure 4.17 The Profession of Respondent’s Father ... 73

Figure 4.18 Home Facilities to Access Media and Information Technology .. 75

Figure 4.19 The obstacle in reading academic material ... 77