Revealing Student’s Reading Interest through creative WhatsApp Status

Abstract

Along with the rapid development of technology and digital era, this research investigated and reveal millennial students about their reading habit and interest. Specifically, this paper investigates about students’ reading interest through creative WhatsApp<em> </em>status. This study was carried out by 18 students taking “Basic Reading” class and “Cultural Based Reading” class. It was conducted with descriptive qualitative method by using interview and observation of the students’ WhatsApp <em>status</em> screenshot. It is found that 89% students of English Department Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang are more interested in reading fiction than the factual text. Besides, students also find that learning using experiment with social media is fun and challenging.

Reading Interest Character of Prospective Elementary School Teachers at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

“…(Maliki et al, 2022). Reading books is an effective learning activity for acquiring knowledge (Budiastuti & Mulyadi, 2019). Through reading, students and faculty can quickly and easily gain knowledge by selecting a book, opening it, and starting to read word by word (Lubis, 2021).…”

“…However, there is a current issue where the interest of students for reading is very low (Budiastuti & Mulyadi, 2019). According to some sources on the internet, the reading level of students in Indonesia is notably low (Dewi & Prawita, 2019), as evidenced by the high number of unemployed bachelor's degree (S1) graduates in 2022, reaching 1,120,128 (detik.com).…”