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reasons for reading which is the process of sharing the meaning gained from reading with friends and family, and compliance, concerns to an external goals or requirement.
The present study, therefore, examined motivation toward reading club in ESP class. The study is adopted from an original questionnaire from Wigfield and Guthries
1997 theory of reading motivation in L1. The research questions for this study, on the basis of motivation toward reading club in ESP class was, what are the dominantaspects of
ESP students’ reading club motivation?.
RESEARCH METHOD
In this phase of the study, 82 Architecture students studying English IIat Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University, Malang. There were 32 students A class, 15
students B class, 35 students C class.At Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University, Malang has obligatory course for a year that students from non language major have to
take and complete ESP class.Permission to participate in the study was obtained from the participants themselves and their lecturer.
The study aimed at exploring students’motivation toward reading club in ESP class with the focus on what the dominant aspects of ESP students’ reading club motivation. In
order to cover the aspect, the questionnaire were developed containing the same set of motivation for reading. The Motivation for Reading Questionnaire MRQ by Wigfield and
Guthrie 1997 assessed different aspects of reading motivation. The MRQ used in this study contained 53 items measuring each of the proposed aspects. The students were told
they were going to answer questions about their reading, and that the questions had no right or wrong answers. The students answered each item by giving check symbol
with answer choices ranging from very different from me to a lot like me. They were given two practice items before beginning the actual questionnaire. It took the students
approximately around 15 min to complete the MRQ. DISCUSSION
The main object of this study is to find out the dominant aspect in motivation toward reading club in ESP class. There are 11 aspects of reading motivation that draw
students’ motivation toward their reading club. The first aspect was reading efficacy which
related to the effectiveness of students’ reading abilities. The highest aspects of students’ reading efficacy loadings in its item. The
results showed that the students knowtheir willingness in reading. There were 68.2 of students answered item 7 I know that I will do well in reading next year. Mostly, it showed
their reading efficacy was quite well while they knew their willingness for having a better reading ability.
The items in second aspect involved their reading challenge which something needing the effort to make their reading succesfully done. The highest aspect, there were
80.5 of students answered item 8 If a book is interesting I don’t care how hard it is to read. It
showed that most students were challenged finishing their readingbased on their book preferences.
The third aspect was related to students’ reading curiosity which purposed on their wish to learn in what they read. The result showed that around 87.7 of students
answered item 29 I read about my hobbies to learn more about them. They liked to learn about their usual activity and need to explore more information from what they read.
The item in fourth aspect showed about the act or process of taking part in reading. Their reading involvement were quite important for them because it would make
connections while they read their books. In this result showed that around 78 of students gave their answer to item 12 I make the pictures in my mind when I read. While they read
their books, they draw something in their mind to make better understanding in its content.
The highest loading on the item of fifth aspect related to the importance of reading. Around 71.9 of students answere item 17 It is very important to me to be agood reader. In
this result, the students still considered how to be a good reader to make their reading comprehend.
Another aspect aspect 6 for the result, the item related to practice reading work avoidance. It showed that only 57.3 of students give an answer for item 32 Complicated
stories are no fun to read . The students might avoid something complicated in what they
read to make achievement in their reading goal. The next seventh aspect was competition in reading. It related with their extrinsic
motivation and also their performance in reading. From the result, 57,3 of students got their answer in item 9 I try to get more answers right than my friends. The purpose was the
students wanted to show their reading performance better if it was compared with their friends. And it would also create their confidence while they had reading assignment in a
class.
The eight aspect related to recognition for reading. The students were motivated to share their reading if there was an acceptance from others. In this result, the 67 of
students mostly tended to answer item 28 I like having the teacher say I read well. Another aspect was reading for grades. This aspect showed more about the
students’purposes on reading task. From this result, 48.9 of students felt that they had to read because they needed to improve their grades item 3: I read to improve my grades..
The last two aspects were social reason for reading and compliance, the process of sharing the meaning and an external goals or requirement. In this result, 64.6 of students
answered item 48 I like to tell my family about what I am reading, while, 59.7 of students gave their answer on item 36 Finishing every reading assignment is very important to
me. CONCLUSION
Overall, since this research was to find out the dominant aspect of reading motivation. It was clearly from the discussion that students’ reading curiosity had been the
most dominant aspect. Students were motivated in a particular topic of interest, in case, made them curios and motivated to read more. Moreover, the purpose of reading club in
ESP classroom, students have to know well the topic from their reading text. They chosed their own topic then read it for their friends, and also for their lecturer to complete their
reading grades.But basically, the desire of students to learn their reading cannot be left behind.