Reading habits among students of SK Tanjong Apong, Samarahan / Dayang Hanida Abang Usop

Reading habit should start from young itself. A good reading habit is an essential among school children in order to create a good reading culture. The purposes of this study are to identify the reading habits and attitudes among Primary 4, 5 and 6 or commonly called Level 2 students in SK Tanjong A...

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Main Author:	Abang Usop, Dayang Hanida
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	Motivation Study and teaching Malaysia
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36652/1/36652.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.366522020-11-16T03:22:18Z Reading habits among students of SK Tanjong Apong, Samarahan / Dayang Hanida Abang Usop 2015-09 Abang Usop, Dayang Hanida Motivation Study and teaching. Research Study and teaching Malaysia Reading habit should start from young itself. A good reading habit is an essential among school children in order to create a good reading culture. The purposes of this study are to identify the reading habits and attitudes among Primary 4, 5 and 6 or commonly called Level 2 students in SK Tanjong Apong, Samarahan towards reading English materials; study the relationship between their reading habits and the reading attitudes and; compare reading habits and reading attitudes with their Mid Semester I test scores. A pre-tested questionnaire was used for collecting data and 66 students participated in this study. The findings of this study suggest that majority of the participating students showed positive habits and attitudes towards reading English materials. They were also motivated to read for academically related reasons such as, to obtain better results in examinations; improving their language skills and for learning new things as well. Reading was the fourth most favourable activity out of 14 activities after watching television, drawing and doing outdoor activities. It was also found that a huge number of the students were Marginal, Forced and Reluctant Readers based on analysis done on their frequency of reading outside school hours, library visit duration of time spent on reading daily and their Mid Semester 1 test scores in English subject. This study offers few recommendations for promoting good reading habits among students in SK Tanjong Apong and all students as well. 2015-09 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36652/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36652/1/36652.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Sarawak,Kampus Samarahan Faculty of Education
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spellingShingle	Motivation Motivation Study and teaching Malaysia Abang Usop, Dayang Hanida Reading habits among students of SK Tanjong Apong, Samarahan / Dayang Hanida Abang Usop
description	Reading habit should start from young itself. A good reading habit is an essential among school children in order to create a good reading culture. The purposes of this study are to identify the reading habits and attitudes among Primary 4, 5 and 6 or commonly called Level 2 students in SK Tanjong Apong, Samarahan towards reading English materials; study the relationship between their reading habits and the reading attitudes and; compare reading habits and reading attitudes with their Mid Semester I test scores. A pre-tested questionnaire was used for collecting data and 66 students participated in this study. The findings of this study suggest that majority of the participating students showed positive habits and attitudes towards reading English materials. They were also motivated to read for academically related reasons such as, to obtain better results in examinations; improving their language skills and for learning new things as well. Reading was the fourth most favourable activity out of 14 activities after watching television, drawing and doing outdoor activities. It was also found that a huge number of the students were Marginal, Forced and Reluctant Readers based on analysis done on their frequency of reading outside school hours, library visit duration of time spent on reading daily and their Mid Semester 1 test scores in English subject. This study offers few recommendations for promoting good reading habits among students in SK Tanjong Apong and all students as well.
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title	Reading habits among students of SK Tanjong Apong, Samarahan / Dayang Hanida Abang Usop
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA Sarawak,Kampus Samarahan
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Reading habits among students of SK Tanjong Apong, Samarahan / Dayang Hanida Abang Usop

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