This document summarizes an undergraduate student's research on the reading habits, attitudes, and academic performance of TESL students. The student surveyed 120 participants using a survey to assess their reading habits and attitudes. Statistical analysis was then conducted to determine if students' reading habits and attitudes correlated with their examination results. The goal was to better understand students' reading behaviors and how that relates to academic achievement.

1. Reading Habits and Attitudes
of TESL Undergraduates to
Their Performance in
Examinations
Name: Jacinta Ann Xavier
Matrix Number: P 82044

2. Literature Review Problem Statement Research
Questions
Methodology Data Analysis
• Reading Habits
• Reading Attitudes
• Reading habits and
attitudes in relation
to academic
performance
 20% of Malaysian
Students are
regular readers
and the rest are
reluctant readers.
(MOHE, 2012)
1. What are the
reading habits and
attitudes of the
students?
2. Are students’
reading habits
and attitudes
correlated with
their
examination
performance?
• Participants: 120
• Quantitative
(Survey): Survey of
Reading Habits and
Attitudes (SRHA) by
Brown and Holtzman
• 100 items (50 items-
Reading Habits, 50
items- Reading
Attitude)
• Data analysis: Descriptive
statistics (means, standard
deviations).
• Relationship of reading
habits and attitudes with
performance in
examination: Pearson
Correlation Coefficient.