Reading Habits of Indonesian English Department Polytechnic Students

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.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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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  -