Reading Habits of students at UiTM Sarawak / Rasidah Mahdi … [et.al.].

Mahdi, Rasidah and Unin, Norseha and Saili, Abdul Rahman (2017) Reading Habits of students at UiTM Sarawak / Rasidah Mahdi … [et.al.]. [Research Reports]

Abstract

This study employed a quantitative research method to investigate reading habits of college students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sarawak. A total of 400 (108 male and 292 female) students voluntarily participated in the study by completing a self-reported survey. Descriptive analysis indicated that 235 (58.8%) of them are Forced Readers, 91 (22.8%) are Reluctant Readers, 42 (10.5%) are Avid Readers, 29 (7.3%) are Marginal Readers, and 3 (0.8%) are Non-Readers. The preference for reading softcopy materials is more evident among them, but not for the avid readers. The hours spent on reading are equivalent to 27 books per year. Although a high percentage (87.5%) agreed that they read to complete their assignments, more than 70% agreed that they read because of interesting contents. This high percentage of respondents who agreed with reading interesting contents, especially among Avid Readers (85.7%) is a positive indication. The most preferred language for academic reading is English.

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Item Type: Research Reports
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Mahdi, Rasidah
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Unin, Norseha
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Saili, Abdul Rahman
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Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > English language
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Higher Education
L Education > LG Individual institutions > Asia > Malaysia > Universiti Teknologi MARA > Sarawak
L Education > LG Individual institutions > Asia > Malaysia > Universiti Teknologi MARA
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sarawak
Keywords: reading habit , UiTM Sarawak
Date: February 2017
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/57142
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