Students’ Attitude Toward Extensive Reading at English Education Study Program in IAIN Bukittinggi

The research was due to several problems found in the field; the students were reluctant to read because students found some difficult words. Then, the students read one textin a week for the sake of writing weekly extensive reading report so that the researchers assumed that the students had bad reading habit. Then, the research aims to know students’ attitude toward extensive reading in the aspects of affective, cognitive and behavior. This research belongs to quantitative research by survey. The population was the second semester English Education Study Program studentsof IAIN Bukittinggi. To choose sample, the researcher used total sampling. The finding reveals that students’ attitude toward extensive reading in the aspect of affective is 3.56 which remarks good attitude. In addition, the students’ attitude toward extensive reading in the aspect of cognitive is 3.82 which indicates the good attitude as well. The students’ attitude toward extensive reading in the aspect of behavior is 3.36 that denotes good attitude. In conclusion, they perceive extensive reading is beneficial and joyful for them.