IMPLEMENTATION OF READING CORNER UTILIZATION AS A LITERACY PROGRAM IN INCREASING STUDENTS' INTEREST IN READING IN GRADE 4 AT CILACAP 05 PUBLIC SCHOOL IN CILACAP DISTRICT

Abstract

Literacy is part of education that must be familiarized to students. Habituation is now a difficult thing to do, the existence of gadgets has a lot of impact on human life, especially on students. The implementation of reading corners can be a solution to these problems and the beginning of building a literacy program in the school environment, especially in each class. This study aims to determine the implementation of the literacy program by utilizing the reading corner for fourth-grade students. The research location is Cilacap 05 State Elementary School in Cilacap district. This research used a qualitative approach with a case study method. The subjects of this study included the principal, fourth-grade teacher, and five students. Data acquisition in this study used observation, interviews, and documentation. The data validity test used triangulation techniques and source triangulation. Data analysis techniques in this study are data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The technical implementation of the literacy program is carried out every Tuesday before learning begins and during recess or during free time that students have and teachers use the reading corner for learning activities in class. The results of this study show that the implementation of the literacy program by creating a literacy program in the form of a reading corner in the classroom provides good results, seen by increasing students' interest in reading which is marked by students' actions to find reading, students' enjoyment of reading, students' interest in reading and habits related to reading.