Students’ Experiences in Participating in Booktalk Program of Extensive Reading Class

Abstract

Booktalk is one of the tools to engage students to read more. This research is aimed to explore about the students’ experiences in participating in Booktalk program. The research was conducted in English Language Education Study Program of Faculty of Teacher Training and Educational Science of Pakuan University. There were fifty eight students of the fifth semester as participants of this research. To gain the research data, the researcher used triangulation; questionnaire, students’ interview, and documentation. According to the data analysis, it was found that students have various experiences while participating in Booktalk program in Extensive Reading class. As the result of students have experienced of Booktalk program, there are four indicators that were pointed out the result of this research; Booktalk changes how students think and understand of something, upgrades students’ reading comprehension, acknowledges students nobler of the books, and the book types impacts students’ reading process.