Developing Collaborative Based Reading Habit Model for Learning Writing Textbook Khaerudin Kurniawan Department of Indonesian Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229, Bandung, Indonesia khaerudinkurniawan@upi.edu Keywords: Collaborative Model, Reading Habit, Learning Writing, Textbook, Students. Abstract: The phenomenon of students’ laziness to read is a common symptom that continues to severely grow. It happens because reading has never been applied as habit within education. Reading and writing are closely related language skill, if reading has become habit among students, then writing too. Literacy habit (reading and writing) is able to cure reading disabilities and difficulty in writing. Thus, this research aims to develop reading based collaborative learning model with the intention of improving writing textbook skill. Stages performed are (1) pre-research and formulating learning conceptual model and (2) testing the arranged conceptual model and validating in the real context. Preliminary research is conducted by digging students’ reading habit throughout writing textbook. Pre-research bring in a set of writing materials, ideas, thought, view and insights related with the reading which then were discussed collaboratively in Writing Textbook classroom. The outcome of this baseline survey is the depiction of students’ abilities in getting information from various resources on developing material, plan and completing textbook writing. As for, the main research was started by selecting the topic, collecting the material, arranging the writing scheme, developing the scheme into a complete writing, evaluating the writing with the criteria and preparing the writing to be published. This study revealed that collaborative model was able to guide students to write textbook. The implementation of this model can increase the students’ skill in writing textbook. 1 INTRODUCTION The ability to write is indispensable for academics. Graham and Tracey (2016) stated that writing is a very important skill possessed by the learners. Without the ability to write, learners will find it difficult to follow the lesson. Writing is the most difficult and complex language skill (Goddard and Carole, 2008). Complexity of writing lies in the demands of the ability to organize ideas in a logical and coherent, as well as presents it communicatively. Writing as a complex activity for learning writing involves knowledge and other language skills (Graham and Harris, 1988). The ability to write not only involves the attractiveness of ideas but also the skills of developing and expressing ideas in writing form (Goddard and Carole, 2008). Lerner (1997) stated that “written language requires a degree of competence in oral language skills, the ability to read, skills in spelling, knowledge of rules of written usage, and strategies for organizing and planning the writing.” The ideas of Lerner (1997) can a reference that in the activities of writing, the writer must have written language competence, skilfully utilize graphology, language structure, and vocabulary. Writing for academic objective is more complex and requires a lot of effort (Rijlaarsdam et al., 2005). Rijlaarsdam et al. (2005) explain that when learners compose writing (academic), most of them must be involved in writing, including considering authoritarian rhetoric. Rhetoric is a technique or art in the use of language based on knowledge of language usage (Keraf, 2009). Academic writing must be able to practice the use of language to convince and influence others in writing. Academic writing emphasizes the mastery of writing and teaching skills using a particular technique or strategy (Furneaux and Wade, 1995). Application of strategy or learning model in writing is considered easier to apply because it can be adapted to the ability of individual learners and control the progress of learners through the group. The process approach in writing emphasizes how the learner finds ideas, organization and presentation of ideas, writes the draft in accordance with the Kurniawan, K. Developing Collaborative Based Reading Habit Model for Learning Writing Textbook. DOI: 10.5220/0007175207910796 In Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and the Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with the First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE 2017) - Literacy, Culture, and Technology in Language Pedagogy and Use, pages 791-796 ISBN: 978-989-758-332-2 Copyright © 2018 by SCITEPRESS – Science and Technology Publications, Lda. All rights reserved 791