Abstract
Strong early literacy skills will affect children's thinking skills in the future. The results of existing research indicate that learning in schools has not been able to make this happen. This research is a survey research to see the gap between children's literacy skills in the field and expected literacy abilities. So that it will be seen the components that can affect the literacy abilities of children aged 5-6 years. Currently, there are not many studies examining the influence of literacy components in developing children's literacy, because many researchers consider that all components are important. Therefore, a deeper study is needed to see the components that affect the development of children's literacy. The expected literacy ability is expert judgment which has been validated using the Analitycal Hierarchy Process (AHP). The data analysis technique used is descriptive analysis. The data collection techniques used were observation and questionnaires. The population in this study used simple random sampling. Respondents in this study were 150 children aged 5-6 years. The results showed that the children's ability to understand language components was 6.76%, phonological awareness reached 5.73%, basic reading skills 6.5%, basic writing skills 7.8%, and children's motivation in reading 3.37%, so it can be concluded that based on the components of children's early literacy skills, the accumulated age of 5-6 years has only reached 30.16% of the expected. The contribution of this research is to determine the appropriate literacy stimulation for children.
Highlights
One of the determinants of the success of children’s learning is optimal early literacy skills; the ability to read and write in the early grades has a very important role
The results showed that children’s ability to understand language was 6.76%, children’s phonological awareness reached 5.73%, basic reading ability was 6.5%, basic writing ability was 7.8%, and children’s motivation in reading was 3.37%
It can be concluded that based on the component of children’s early literacy skill, age of 5-6 years in the Solo region accumulated to only 30.16% of the expected
Summary
One of the determinants of the success of children’s learning is optimal early literacy skills; the ability to read and write in the early grades has a very important role. Reading or literacy is a strategy to get and access all the information needed in life. Reading is the foundation for learning; the literacy skills must be strong and sturdy. Literacy is a routine activity that cannot be separated from modern human life styles, even more in the world of education. Literacy is an interactive process that takes place between the reader and the text, so that the reader uses knowledge, skills, and strategies to determine what meaning is contained in the text [3]. The success of literacy is the foundation for children’s education, health and welfare outcomes in the future. Early identification of literacy needs is very important [5]
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