ENCOURAGING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO READ E-LITERATURES VIA WATTPAD

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In this modern era, so many e-literatures can be found on the web. One of them is Wattpad. In  Wattpad we can find many kinds of literatures. High School students are already familiar with Wattpad, then this study aimed at finding out whether Wattpad encourage them to read much
more. This research used a case study design in qualitative method. The participant in this research were 32 students for preliminary data and 12 students for conducting interview. They  were from  grade at senior high school in Bogor. The result of this study is: the high school students feel encouraged to read e literature via Wattpad. The Wattpad platform encourage them to read more. In conclusion, students felt that Wattpad can encourage them to read more, especially when it comes to e-literature.