This study was aimed to investigate reading habit among junior high school students using a case study design involving ten students at one of junior high school in West Bandung Regency as participants. The data collections were obtained from classroom observation, questionnaire, interview, and document analysis. This study revealed that the students had low reading habit; they preferred watching TV and surfing the internet than reading for their leisure time. Most of them read-only for 1-2 hours per day. In term of reading material preference, most of students preferred fiction books written in Indonesian language. In addition, the students faced difficulties when engaged in reading in English due to their anxiety regarding their general proficiency needed to decode and comprehend the texts. The study invites teachers, school authorities, and family members to team up to improve students' reading habit.
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