ABSTRACT
In doing the Extensive Reading (ER), teachers are suggested to use graded readers materials which can also be found online. Xreading is one platform that provides it. It is an online library that provides its readers with graded readers' books and their audio versions. The audios are available for most of the books. The availability of the audio enables students to do Reading While Listening (RWL) instead of Reading Only (RO). Nevertheless, there has been inadequate information on how students utilize the books and audios in Xreading. Therefore, this study aims to reveal how the books and audio in Xreading are used in an ER program, students’ tendencies to do RWL or RO, and the correlation between reading time and listening time. The participants of this study are 154 freshmen university students in Indonesia who belong to the ER program using Xreading for one semester. The data of this study are digital records in Xreading and students’ responses to a questionnaire. The data were analyzed quantitatively. The research found that Xreading reading books and audiobooks have been used by the participants. However, audiobooks have not been used maximally for various reasons. Personal preference and different needs have been the main reasons for the underuse of audiobooks.
