Source of Students' Enjoyment in Reading Narrative Text
EGI ASTY NINGSIH, NO. REG. 2030104016, Thesis tilte: SOURCES OF STUDENTS’ ENJOYMENT IN READING NARRATIVE TEXT. English Teaching Department of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training Faculty of State Islamic University of Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar. The problem in this study is that it has not revealed the various sources of students’ enjoyment in learning Reading Narrative Text. The purpose of this study is to describe the sources of students' enjoyment in Reading Narrative Text at English Teaching Department of State Islamic University Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar. The research method was Qualitative with a case study design. Research setting was the Reading Narrative Text class of English Teaching Department majoring in second semester of UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar. The informants of this research were 10 students majoring in English Education in the academic year 2023/2024 who were determined by purposive sampling technique. In this study, the researcher functions as the main instrument in data collection and is assisted interview guidelines. To test the validity of the data, the researcher conducted time triangulation by comparing the first with the second interview. Furthermore, to analyze the data, the researcher used the theory by Sugiyono (2013) of reducing data, presenting data, and verifying data and drawing conclusions. The result of this study showed that there were some sources of students’ enjoyment in reading narrative text. The sources were: 1) intrinsic factors such as; a) intrinsic motivation, b) sense of accomplishment, c) novelty seeking, d) easy to understand, e) active participation, f) new insight or aha moment, g) expressive reading ; 2) extrinsic factors such as; a) teacher contribution, b) friends contribution, c) use of technology, d) positive atmosphere, e) interesting material, f) interactive book useful, g) method, h) healthy competition, i) interactive media, j) conducive classroom, k) classroom facility.