English Reading Experiences on Wattpad: Students' Voices

Gunadi, Aprilia (2022) English Reading Experiences on Wattpad: Students' Voices. S1 thesis, Universitas Jambi.

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Gunadi, Aprilia (2022). English Reading Experiences on Wattpad: Students’ Voices. Thesis. English Department. Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. Universitas Jambi in Academic year 2021/2022. First Supervisor: Delita Sartika, S.S., MA., Ph.D. and second supervisor: Reny Heryanti, S.S., M. Hum. Keywords: Experience, Wattpad, Students’ Voices. Wattpad is one of the reading applications that allow users to be both readers and writers. In Indonesia, there has been a phenomenon related to reading through Wattpad which is English reading on Wattpad which is done extensively by the students. This is such an intriguing phenomenon that shows students' independent desire to explore digital reading for any reason. This condition raises a question regarding how students experience reading English stories on Wattpad. The research was purposed to describe students’ experiences with reading English stories on Wattpad. The research focused on how students perceived and used reading English stories on Wattpad as a way to learn and improve their English reading activity. This research was carried out using a qualitative descriptive method. The participants are six university female students. The interview was used as the instrument for eliciting the data. The results showed two main findings, first is participants' reading habits related to the reasons they chose Wattpad for English reading, the way they found and chose Wattpad for English reading, and when they allocated their time for English reading. Second, are the advantages of reading English stories on Wattpad and the advantages of their English language improvement. This finding also covered students' application of the advantages of using Wattpad and their personal experiences of reading English stories. These findings suggest that English reading on Wattpad has many positive sides to develop and use as alternative media in the reading activity.

Type: Thesis (S1)
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Gunadi
Date Deposited: 06 Jun 2022 03:16
Last Modified: 06 Jun 2022 03:16
URI: https://repository.unja.ac.id/id/eprint/34192

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