Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: The Use Of Extensive Reading In Developing Students' Grammar Performance

The Use of Extensive Reading in Developing Students’
Grammar Performance
Margaretha Lintar Melati
Abstract
Most students who learn English as a foreign language have faced problems with
learning grammar. Unlike, the common teaching of grammar which requires the
students to memorize and do drilling, Extensive Reading is offered to give an
experience for the students to learn grammar subconsciously. This study aims to
investigate the extent of the students’ grammar performance development through
Extensive Reading. This research was conducted in English Language Department
in Satya Wacana Christian University, Indonesia. The participants of this study
were 18 students from one of the four extensive reading classes in the year of
2013/ 2014. The data were collected from the students’ oral reports and semistructured interview. The findings of this research revealed that the students might
not really show the improvement in their grammar performance especially in the
use of tenses (including to be), irregular verbs, and regular verbs. Also, Extensive
Reading seems to have no direct relationship with the students’ grammar
performance. However, the use of oral report in Extensive Reading might give
awareness for the students to use the appropriate grammar.
Key words: extensive reading, grammar performance, development, oral report