Indonesian EFL Learners’ Responses To Extensive Reading: Benefits and Challenges

AbstrakKarena manfaatnya terhadap banyak keterampilan spesifik, ER telah dipercaya sebagai salah satu solusi terbaik dalam merangsang penguasaan bahasa siswa. Namun, terlepas dari manfaat yang ditawarkan, beberapa kendala dan masalah juga dilaporkan muncul baik guru maupun Studi saat ini mencoba untuk menggali (1) pada spesifik diakui oleh mahasiswa (2) hambatan mereka hadapi menerapkan ER. Penelitian melibatkan 4 Program Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris di universitas Riau, Indonesia sebelum masuk Universitas. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui angket terbuka wawancara. Temuan diskusi tentang tanggapan peserta kemudian disajikan saran penelitian lebih lanjut diberikan.Kata kunci: Manfaat, Tantangan, Membaca Ekstensif AbstractDue to its many benefits for specific skills, extensive reading (ER) has been trusted as one of the best solutions in stimulating student language acquisition. However, apart from it offers, some constraints and issues were also reported that arise both teachers students. The current study attempted investigate on skills recognized by university students obstacles they face implementing This involved four an English Education Study at a Indonesia, who implemented before entered university. collected through open-ended questionnaires adapted Arai (2019) interviews. Findings discussions about participants’ responses are then presented, suggestions further research given.Keywords: Benefit, Challenges, Extensive Reading.