TEN WAYS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING
SKILL
Reading is an activity
which is productive to do, since reading is so important to human life. Advantages
can be delivered from reading. However, we need to grow our interest in reading
and writing.
Various efforts we do
to get more knowledge from reading. It is hoped that learners have insight.
Things need to be done by the school, the students and the teachers to improve
students’ reading interest, are :
1.
The students assigned to make report or
summary to the books they have read. The school can make a program like ‘fun
reading’, people reading books’, ‘reading and gathering’, etc.
2.
Reading books which have pictures or
images in it. They are able to give easy understanding. Librarian can provide
the library with those books.
3.
Reading by using e-book. The use of
e-book is so effective, since internet needed by many level people and to avoid
the use of internet just for the game. School can provide with free internet
and it can spread in all part of the school.
4.
School can held slogans of reading and writing.
They are put on the strategic places to be seen, like ‘reading opens the world
window, while writing is filling the world behind the window’, ‘reading is a
source of knowledge’, reading is listening to what the world said’, etc.
5.
Strategic and nice places for students
to read books, besides library can be provided by school, like on the school
garden, on the hall, on the porch, on the school veranda, on the sitting points
(joglo), etc.
6.
To put reading as the beginning or the
ending of the lesson hour. School can provide thirty minutes before or after
the class for students to read books. In the end of a month, representative
teacher will give mark for them by speaking or telling stories.
7.
Teachers can also persuade to the
student’s parents for always giving presents to their children by giving books
than toys or dolls. Meanwhile, school can also participate by doing the same.
The winner of a game held by school will be given reading books.
8.
School adds ‘literature’ as an extracurricular.
In that activity students will be learnt to make books. Reading will support
them to finish the book.
9.
To create small bookshelf in every
class. It can be put on the back-corner of the class. Students can donate the
books they have read there.
10.
Teachers
in every subject can give homework to read some papers in the book. Then the
next day they ask them to tell orally or in written. They can tell about the
pattern, the example, the story, the events, etc.
When
reading has growth in self learners and become a habit, it means that we have
strived to change the attitude. Learners will become love of reading. They
can’t live without reading. All books will be finished in a minute. We should
try right now. (kd)
