ABSTRACT
Ika Lisna Hidayati, (2020): A Study on Student’s Reading Habit at The
Eleventh Grade of Senior High School 6
Pekanbaru.
The aim of this study is to find out the habits of English reading
among the students of Senior High School 6 Pekanbaru. The method used in this
research is quantitative research and the design is survey study. A questionnaire
was used as the instrument of this research. The questionnaire involved six
indicators of reading habits: reading frequency, reading materials read, time spend
on academic reading, time spend on non-academic reading, motivation in the
family environment, and motivation out of the family environment. SPSS
Statistics 23 version program was used to analyse the data. The data analysis
displayed only a few number of students who have a habit toward English reading.
The finding also proved that the frequency of students in reading English materials
was less than 25% and students’ reading habit was categorized into less level.
Conducting research to gain a broad overview of the reading habits of students, the
researcher made suggestions to promote English reading habits among university
students, especially the students of Senior High School 6 Pekanbaru.
Keywords: Reading, Reading Habits, Survey Stud
