STUDENTS ATTITUDES

TOWARDS READING IN
ENGLISH
By: Siti Aisyah binti Mohd Roduan
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Introduction
Problem statement:
-Students are not interested to read English materials due
to lack of motivation.

Research Objectives &

Questions
RO: 1.To identify students attitudes towards reading
English materials.
2.To examine problems pertaining to the issue on
reading English
materials such as books,
magazines, newspapers and many more

RQ: 1.What are students attitudes towards reading

English materials?
2.What are the reading problems students faced?

Significance
English teachers
Students

Lit. review
Attitude and interest toward reading can be related in association with
feeling and with learners spirit to learn or in this situation it can be
said best with readers spirit to read (Nor Shahriza Abdul Karim,
2007).
In the educational journal (2005), Universiti Malaya explained that
reading activities in Malaysia is not in the level of where it should be.
Adentuji (2007), emphasized that the reader interest and habit is
determined by number of factors such as social values of their society,
school, family and environment, each factor has its own function and
promotes the development of reader personalities.

Methodology
Respondents of the study
Form 5 students from SMK Bukit Cermin
59 students
Research Instrument
Data was collected using questionnaire (quantitative
study)

Analysis
RQ 1

Cont

Cont

Cont
RQ 2:

Cont

Cont

Cont

Limitations & Suggestions

Limitations
- Students seem difficult to understand the questions.
- Some of them just randomly choose neutral as their answer.
Suggestions
- Varies the methods of collecting data