STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES ON THE USE OF READING LOG IN EXTENSIVE READING COURSE

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze students’ view on the use of reading log in learning extensive reading. The participants of this research were two students of Islamic Private University who already took Extensive Reading course, the lecture applied reading log into their teaching. The data were collected from the in-depth interview, and transcripts as the main source. The construct of the interview is based on Day and Bamford (2002) that consist of 10 characteristics: a) students can read as much as possible; b) a variety of materials on a range of topics is available; c) the purposes of reading are usually related to pleasure, information and general understanding; d) reading is its own reward; e) reading materials are well within the linguistic competence of the students in terms of vocabulary and grammar; f) reading is individual and silent; g) reading speed is usually faster than slower; h) teachers orient students to the goals of the program; i) the teacher is a role model of a reader for the students; j) students select what they want to read. The design of this study was qualitative study. The researcher analyzed the data by using thematic analysis method by Braun and Clark (2006). This finding revealed that the participants were experiencing extensive reading characteristics. However, both of participants did not experience the read at faster rate and read as much as possible characteristic