Entry application software to identify the development of reading and writing vocabulary

Abstract

The results of the reading literacy test for Indonesian children at national and international levels were low. Literacy tests are carried out by measuring aspects of understanding, using, and reflecting the results of reading in writing that contains vocabulary. Vocabulary is one of the important things that supports the development of student literacy. Thus, the vocabulary is important to study. This study identified the development of reading and writing vocabulary of junior and senior high school students. This research is descriptive quantitative. The data of this study were in the form of vocabulary derived from books of high school Indonesian students grade VII to grade XII based on the 2013 curriculum and the results of the writing of junior and high school students from grade VII to grade XII. Data were collected by entry application software. For data analysis, the linkage technique of comparing and contrasting was used. The results showed that the development of the number of Indonesian language entries in junior and high school student books was not good, tending to be stagnant. Compared with the results of similar studies in other countries, Indonesian language student books with the number of entries slightly less support literacy development include critical, creative, communicative, and collaborative thinking skills of junior and high school students. Conversely, the development of written vocabulary of middle school students has increased significantly.