College and University EFL students' identity as readers in extensive reading programs using Xreading more

Sat, Aug 6, 14:30-15:15 Asia/Tokyo

As educational technology is becoming an available and an attractive tool in the teaching-learning English program, there are many institutions of education utilizing educational technology in their English teaching-learning program. Xreading is one of the modern educational technology and learning management systems that emerged for facilitating a successful extensive reading program. This study investigated the implementation of online extensive reading program through Xreading platform and EFL student's perception of this extensive reading platform. The participants of this study were students from English Literature, Universitas Negeri Surabaya. This study aimed to explore how EFL students perceive their identity as reader in Xreading program. Then, a stimulated recall was utilized as the instrument to collect the data in this study. The data in this study were analyzed by three steps: (1) data condensation, (2) data display, and (3) conclusion. Moreover, this study reported that online extensive reading program through Xreading platform will allow students to determine their identity as a reader and also improve their reading motivation.