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A Survey On The Reading Attitudes Of English Department Students Of Fkip Universitas Riau
Reading is an ability that enables people to acquire information
while improving their fluency, vocabulary, and general knowledge. Nonetheless,
reading for academic purposes is harder than readers imagine. In the development of
reading skills, reading attitude was considered to influence student achievement. This
research aims to investigate students' attitudes toward reading English. The research
population was the 2018 and 2019 batches of English Department students at FKIP
Universitas Riau, with a total sample of 70 students. This research took a quantitative
approach, and the research design was a survey design (descriptive analysis). The
instrument used to gain the data was an ASRA (Adult Survey of Reading Attitude)
questionnaire from Smith (1991), which consisted of 29 items divided into 3 aspects
(activity of reading, enjoyment of reading, and anxiety-difficulty). For data analysis,
Microsoft Excel and SPSS version 23 were used. The findings revealed that students’
attitudes toward reading were positive, with an average score of 2.60 (SD = 0.83) for
reading activity, 2.87 (SD = 0.84) for reading enjoyment, and 2.69 (SD = 0.88) for
anxiety-difficulty. The conclusion is that students have a positive attitude toward
English reading but still require development in reading activities.
Key Words: Attitude, Reading, Reading Attitude, Survey
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