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AN ANALYSIS OF THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS’ READING HABIT OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT BORNEO UNIVERSITY OF TARAKAN ABSTRACT The purpose of the research was to describe the reading habits of fourth semester students of English department at Borneo University of Tarakan. This research used was descriptive qualitative method. In this research, the researcher took a sample of fourth semester students with a total 31 students of local A1 2022. Then, the researcher selected 6 students to take part in the Interview session. To collect the data, the researcher used questionnaires and interviews. The researcher analyzed the data through three stages, namely data reduction, data display, and conclusion verification. Based on the result of data analysis, the researcher found that reading habits affected the students learning process. This is evidenced by the results of the questionnaire and students’ interest in reading by using a guideline of 5 interval categories including strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, and strongly disagree. The results showed that 40.6% of students chose to strongly agree on non-academic reading interest, 28.1% of students agreed, 18.5% of students stated neutral, 12.5% of students disagreed on non-academic reading interest. The interview results showed that the majority of students liked non-academic reading and minority of students liked academic reading. Thus, the researcher concluded that the quality of reading habits of fourth semester students of English department at Borneo University of Tarakan in academics was low while in non-academic reading interest of students was high as evidenced by the high of digital platforms such as social media.