LINGUA : Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Pengajarannya
Vol. 17 No. 1 (2020): Maret 2020

I (Do Not) Like Reading!: A Narrative Inquiry into Indonesian Highschoolers’ General Reading Motivation

Astra Belinda (The Graduate School, Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Feb 2020

Abstract

The study of motivation has been going around in the educational field for years long, but the issue is there are not many studies that specify in reading motivation, specifically for EFL and/or ESL students. Looking upon this concern, this narrative inquiry study tried to recognize the reasons behind the reading motivation amongst the students, particularly from Blue Star Senior High School, through the Self-determination Theory (SDT) principle from Deci & Ryan (1991) and some other possible social aspects, such as family and peers. It was later found out that in general, Blue Star Senior High School’s students are more likely to be extrinsically motivated when they read and the biggest encouragement to their extrinsic motivation is their social circle. While for our main participants, their past experiences were the ones that played important roles in constructing their motivation, either intrinsically or extrinsically.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

lingua

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

LINGUA primarily focuses on research on language learning and teaching in context of EFL/ESL, in a variety of levels including school level, university level, institute level, etc. Researches on culture and linguistics are of the secondary interest of LINGUA. LINGUA welcomes papers on teaching and ...