THE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON LEARNING ENGLISH WRITING THROUGH EXTENSIVE READING

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Extensive Reading is able to enhance the students’ competence (Day, 2010; Brumfit,
2012; Bao, 2013; Kurn, 2014; and Track, 2015). It showed that extensive reading has benefit
such as improving students’ vocabulary, providing new knowledge, and giving them a way to
engage their learning English (Day, 2010).
This study is aimed at finding the students’ perception on extensive reading in
university students. There thirty respondents are involved in this students. Data were analyzed
by quantitative and qualitative.
The result showed that there are 50 percent of respondents perceive that extensive
reading engage them in learning English. They give responses that extensive reading gives
them a good preparation before coming to the class. In writing narrative text, there are 50%
of respondents choose agree to use extensive reading as learning English writing. In writing
argumentative text, there are 35% of respondents who selected agree with extensive reading.
In persuasive, there are 42% of respondents. In writing descriptive text, there are 41% of
respondents.