Tradisi Membaca sebagai Upaya Peningkatan Kemampuan Mahasiswa Belajar Mandiri dalam Menulis

Abstract

The study was intended to find out the effect of building up students reading habit on the development of their writing skill. An action-research design was employed, involving two cycles, each of which was of four stages: planning, action, observation, and reflection. The findings suggest that the development of reading habit improves the writing process and product in various types of writing: essay writings, scientific writings, book reviews, research proposals, short stories, and poems