Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: The Implementation of Day And Bamford Ten Basic Principles of Extensive Reading from Students' Perspectives

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DAY AND BAMFORD TEN
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF EXTENSIVE READING FROM
STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE
Aninda Mawar Intanuari

ABSTRACT
Extensive reading is a course when students should read large quantities of
materials for general understanding. Based on Day and Bamford (2002) extensive
reading has ten basic principles that can foster learner autonomy. This quantitative
study reported on questionnaire conducted with 75 students of English Teacher
Education Program (ETEP) of Satya Wacana Christian University (SWCU). The
participants are 2013 students who took Extensive Reading in the odd Semester of
2013/2014. This study attempt to figure out whether the Day and Bamford ten
basic principles of Extensive Reading (2002) was implemented by ETEP students
of SWCU. The data show that not all the ten basic principles could have been
implemented in ETEP of SWCU. The finding indicates that only seven from ten
basic principles was implemented in ETEP of SWCU, there are the reading
material is easy, a variety of material of a wide range of topic is available, learners
choose what they want to read, reading is individual and silent, reading is its own
reward, the teacher orients and guides the students and the teacher is a role model
of a learner.

KEY WORDS: Extensive reading, Day and Bamford ten basic principles of
Extensive Reading

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