Reading motivation is closely related with reading comprehension as it allows students to immerse

better to the reading itself (Unrau & Schlackman, 2006). There are many different kinds of
motivations. For students in EFL context, motivation plays as a role to provide students with their
needs when they learn a new language (Gopang, Umrani, Pathan, Bughio, 2014).

For reading process to be an interesting activity, especially for Young Learners, one should make
it as a two-way learning process, as the students will find it more interesting, because the reading
process can be an interactive process between the students and the teacher. Dialogic Reading which
uses picture books to enhance and improve literacy and language skills can further elevate
interaction, ultimately students reading motivation. In Dialogic Reading, the teacher helps the
students to be the storyteller. By using Dialogic Reading Technique, we have found the students
without prior knowledge still can interact and participate during the learning process.

The implementation of Dialogic Reading Technique in Edu-Runner Project has been done for few
months. This study tries to find the relation between the reading motivation on students of Edu-
Runner Project and the implemented Dialogic Reading Technique.

This study is a descriptive study with qualitative approach, a single-subject design. Two students
are observed their reading motivation along the implementation of Dialogic Reading Technique.
This study is expected to give a better insight on how Dialogic Reading Technique can better
improve students reading motivation.

Biodata of the presenters:

Fitriyana Borneo is an undergraduate student from English Department, Mulawarman University. She is
an active member of several youth organization for these past years. Since April 2016 until now she along
with her friends have been conducting community development program where they teach English for
young learners.

Muhammad Mursalim, an undergraduate student of Mulawarman University, is an active member of

several organizations where he developed interest in doing social work and volunteering. Now, he is also
actively involved in a program he started together with his colleagues where they mainly focus on teaching
young learners.

Kukuh Ichsanulkarim is an undergraduate student of English Department, Mulawarman University. He is

active in several organizations. Beside actively in organizations, he also active in social project where he
and his friends focusing their program to develop young learners English ability.