PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN LITERASI MEMBACA ANAK MELALUI IMPLEMENTASI POJOK BACA

Abstract

Abstrak: kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini dilkansakan di Kabupaten Kepuluan Mentawai dimana banyak anak-anak usia sekolah dasar yang tidak emmiliki literasi membaca dan juga literasi budaya yang diakibatkan oleh kurangnya pemahaman dan kebutuhan membaca. Rendahnya tingkat kemampuan membaca dan pengetahuan measyarakat, menyebabkan lack of knowledge yang berdampak pada berbagai bidang kehidupan massyarakat. Kegiatan pengabdian bertujuan ini untuk menyediakan fasilitas membaca dan penerapan pojok baca agar berdampak pada peningkatan kemampuan literasi membaca anak-anak. Metode pengabdian adalah sosialisasi dan pendampingan dalam pemanfaatan pojok baca serta pelatihan keterampilan soft skill bagi siswa rumah cerdas. Mitra yang terlibat dalam kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini addalah siswa SD N 18 Tua Pejat sebanyak 85 orang dan guru sebanya 10 orang. Program pojok baca dan pelatihan soft skill bagi siswa di evaluasi melalui angket yang diberikan kepada siswa yang berisikan soal-soal tentang litrasi membaca mutra yang terlibat. Setelah dilakukan sosialisasi dan pendampingan dalam pemanfaatan pojok baca serta pelatihan keterampilan soft skill bagi siswa rumah cerdas didapatkan hasil bahwa pjok baca mempu meningkatkan literasi membaca siswa sebanyak 80% melalui buku-buku yang disalurkan kepada siswa.Abstract: This community service activity was carried out in the Mentawai Islands Regency where many elementary school age children do not have reading literacy or cultural literacy due to a lack of understanding and need for reading. The low level of reading ability and community knowledge causes a lack of knowledge which has an impact on various areas of community life. This service activity aims to provide reading facilities and implement reading corners to have an impact on improving children's reading literacy skills. The service method is socialization and assistance in utilizing reading corners as well as soft skills training for smart home students. The partners involved in this community service activity are 85 students of SD N 18 Tua Pejat and 10 teachers. The reading corner program and soft skills training for students were evaluated through a questionnaire given to students containing questions about the literacy of the reading corners involved. After conducting socialization and assistance in the use of reading corners as well as soft skills training for smart home students, the results showed that reading corners were able to increase students' reading literacy by 80% through the books distributed to students.