Building Reading Fluency with Mobile Assisted Extensive Reading

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v13i06.9799

Keywords:

Extensive Reading, Reading Fluency, Mobile Assisted Extensive Reading

Abstract


The study aims at investigating students' reading fluency through mobile assisted extensive reading in effect and responses. Forty-five students (14 males and 31 females) were involved in the study. The participants were asked to read the materials of graded reading in electronic books by using their mobile phone. To measure their reading fluency, reading rate was counted in word per minute. The results show that mobile assisted extensive reading outperformed the students' reading fluency. Some participants commented that mobile based extensive reading was likely to build their reading fluency. It indicated that mobile might have the potential way not only for reading comprehension but also for reading extensively.  

Author Biographies

Hendriwanto Hendriwanto, Universitas Swadaya Gunung Djati

Hendriwanto is Lecturer at Department of English Education, Faculty of Teaching and Educational Science, Universitas Swadaya Gunung Djati, Cirebon, Indonesia. His research interests include Extensive Reading, Mobile Learing and Materials Development.

Utut Kurniati, Universitas Swadaya Gunung Djati

Utut Kurnati is Lecturer at Department of English Education, Faculty of Teaching and Educational Science, Universitas Swadaya Gunung Djati, Cirebon, Indonesia. Her areas of interest are reading, literature in education, and English drama.

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Published

2019-06-20

How to Cite

Hendriwanto, H., & Kurniati, U. (2019). Building Reading Fluency with Mobile Assisted Extensive Reading. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 13(06), pp. 84–92. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v13i06.9799

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Short Papers