Strategies to Improve Reading Literacy of Grade VIII Students of SMP Negeri 2 Kelapa Kampit

Abstract

The problem in this study is that students do not understand the meaning and benefits of literacy, reading facilities and infrastructure are very minimal, and the lack of interest in reading students results in a low literacy culture. And the researcher has the goal of analyzing strategies to improve reading literacy of class VIII students of SMP Negeri 2 Kelapa Kampit. This research is included in the type of qualitative descriptive research that is widely used in socio-cultural research, in addition to starting from naturalistic thinking, it is also based on phenomenological understanding that is widely used in the social sciences. The objects in this study are class VIII students of SMP Negeri 2 Kelapa Kampit. Data collection techniques through observation, interviews, and documentation. And this study uses data analysis techniques that can be done with Data Collection (Data Collection), Data Reduction (Data Reduction), Data Display (Data Presentation), Verification (Conclusion). From the research results, it can be concluded that there are several strategies for increasing reading literacy at SMP Negeri 2 Kelapa Kampit, namely getting students used to reading for 15 minutes before starting learning, adding interesting reading books, repeating readings that have been read at the end of literacy activities and developing literacy skills with reading corners and literacy huts.