INITIAL ABILITY READING JAVANESE SCRIPT TO PARTICIPANTS IN CLASS IV SDN KUTOREJO I TUBAN ON MATERIAL SANDHANGAN

Abstract

A preliminary research was conducted which was aimed to  determine the ability of early reading of Javanese literacy students class IV SDN Kutorejo I Tuban on sandhangan material consisting of three indicators namely the accuracy of voicing writing, pronunciation, and fluency. This preliminary research is part of the interactive multimedia development research of Arawa (Aplikasi Aksara Jawa) for learning reading Javanese script of sandhangan material. The first literacy test of Javanese literacy test consists of 10 words of Javanese script that has been added with sandhangan swara, sandhangan wyanjana, and sandhangan penyigeg-wanda. Early reading ability of Javanese script analyzed is reading skill of Javanese learner of class IV student of SDN Kutorejo I Tuban academic year 2017/2018 before implemented an interactive multimedia development Arawa (Aplikasi Aksara Jawa) that allegedly can improve the reading ability of Javanese learner. The result of the analysis showed that the early reading ability of students in grade IV of SDN Kutorejo I which got the score of KKM or ≥ 70 was 27.02% (10 students) with the highest score 82 and 72,98% (27 students) below 70 with the lowest score of 25