Rusiana, Rusiana and Maharani, Mega Mulianing (2019) HELPING YOUNG LEARNERS TO ACQUIRE ENGLISH PRE READING SKILLS THROUGH READING STORIES. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on TEYLIN, TEYL: Welcoming Generation Alpha. ISSN 978-623-7312-21-5

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English pre reading skills precede reading skills. In acquiring English pre reading skills, abundant exposure to English reading text accompanied by appropriate activities is necessary. Commonly, Indonesian students at age 8 to 11 have not achieved English pre reading skills. They mostly have known the names of things which belong to vocabulary skill. The lower skills are phonological awareness, letter knowledge and print awareness. In addition, the other upper skills are print motivation and narrative skills. This study investigated how reading stories help young learners to acquire English pre reading skills. In this respect the following research question was under consideration: To what extent does reading stories help young learners to acquire English pre reading skills? To carry out the study, the instruments used were observation, interview, and student worksheet. The participants were second, fourth and fifth elementary students of a certain course in Demak and Kudus. The findings of the study revealed that the students demonstrated to acquire phonological awareness, letter knowledge, print awareness, and print motivation. They have not yet demonstrated narrative skills. It could be said that they belong to emergent readers. The roles of teachers are as motivator, storyteller, and facilitator in order to lead them to achieve higher level of reading stage.

Item Type:	Article
Kata Kunci:	reading stories, pre reading skills, emergent readers.
Subjects:	Pendidikan > Teori dan praktek pendidikan
Program Studi:	Fakultas Keguruan & Ilmu Pendidikan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	Mrs Rusiana
Date Deposited:	08 Sep 2024 21:16
Last Modified:	08 Sep 2024 21:16
URI:	http://eprints.umk.ac.id/id/eprint/22380

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