READING
HABITS AND ITS EFFECT ON ACADEMIC
WRITING SKILL: A STUDY OF MASTER DEGREE STUDENTS
KHOIRUNNISA1,
IDA DWI SAFITRI2,
Faculty of
Teacher Training and Education
Sebelas Maret
University, Indonesia
Abstract: Nowaday, students centered became popular strategy in English Language Teaching
(ELT). Teacher prefered to become a guider in the learning activity. Thus, as
the learner, students should do activity that had big effect to their learning
process. Reading was one of the important activity that had great advantage to increase
students writing skill. They should take reading as their habitual
activity to get significant improvement of learning achievement. In the context
of higher education, reading activity was a basic requirement to start an activity
in academic work such as writing scientific journal. Through reading, they could get new information from the text. Then, it could be synthesized, evaluated, and implicated as the
prior knowledge or supporting information in their writing. The aim of this
study was to examine the reading habit of master degree
students’ and its effect on their academic writing skill. Twenty students from master degree of Sebelas
Maret University, Indonesia were selected to participate in the study.The data collected through a e-survey analyzed qualitatively. The finding indicated reading habit was crucial for students’ academic writing skill. Furthermore, the conclusion discussed the implication of the finding in relation with teaching advanced learner.
Key words: Reading Habit, Academic Writing Skill, Master Degree Students, Case Study
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