Factors that motivate the students to read English reading materials: a study conducted on the Year Six Students of SK St. Michael Entingan, Kota Samarahan / Mistan Nawong

Reading is an essential as well as a pleasurable skill. The researcher wants the students to be lifelong readers and citizens of a knowledgeable society. The researcher also wants the students to become discerning readers. Therefore, the study is done to find out the factors that can motivate the students to read English reading materials which have been a neglected genre to them. An action research has been carried out and it is found that it is the quantity of reading impacts most on academic achievement rather than the quality. The more materials the students read, the more knowledgeable they are.