Abstract
Reading is considered as one of the most important skill in learning foreign language since it is used in all language skills. However, teaching reading is quite challenging. In Permata group, young learners seem not motivated in reading activity. Pre observation showed that learners were bored during the shared reading activity. Moreover there were no interaction during the activity. Therefore, it takes teacher’s creativity and innovation to teach reading. This situation led the teacher to a new way of teaching reading, the teacher implemented a new approach in teaching reading by using dialogic reading. Moreover, the literature used by the teacher was a local based short story with the theme “Save Mahakam”. This study is a qualitative study in which the data was collected by observation and questionnaire. The study found that the dialogic reading and the short story did not only make the reading activity more interesting but they also helped the teachers to shape young learners’ characters. It found that there were some characters developed through the process of reading activity, such as 1) young learners have courage to speak, 2) young learners are friendly and sociable, 3) young learners are responsible with the environment, 4) young learners love reading, 5) young learners work in a team, 6) young learners think critically.
Highlights
Studies show that reading is a very important aspect of learning and acquiring information (Farzaneh and Nejadansari, 2014)
A study explained that the poor reading comprehension occurred due to the following reasons, including the learners‟ lack of motivation in reading, the low of prior knowledge and the poor of English vocabulary (Nanda and Azmy, 2020)
This study aims to apply dialogic reading to increase young learners‟ interest in reading and to shape learner characters
Summary
Studies show that reading is a very important aspect of learning and acquiring information (Farzaneh and Nejadansari, 2014). The more young learners is exposed to reading aloud activity, the larger their vocabulary is. The vocabulary skill helps the young learners to build important skills such as literacy and social skills. A study proofed that reading books for young learners has been shown to be very helpful in improving vocabulary, communication and memory skills (Sim and Berthelsen, 2014). It is very important to motivate young learners to read. Learners who learn foreign languages, especially English, still are not motivated enough in reading activity. It is a serious issue that need to be solved In other words, it needs creativity and innovation from the teacher to teach reading using an effective and attractive method so that young learners were motivated in reading activity
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