Reading fluency became the basis of academic success of children. Children who are skilled at reading from an early age and are always presented with printed materials will have a greater curiosity, and always looking to expand his knowledge.
Instead the children are slow in the mastery of reading skills, more rarely receive training in reading than their peers so that it will lose the opportunity to develop the ability to read fluently.
Thesis was expressed by Prof.. Dr. Amitya Kumara, MS, when he was inaugurated as professor of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Gadjah Mada, in the Senate Hall, London, Thursday, May 27, 2010.
In a speech "Sharpen Reading Skills In Children Learning Through Play Or", Coordinator of Education Programs of Professional Psychology Master UGM expresses not uncommon ketidaklancaran read because children are always exposed to reading material that is too sophisticated and not proportional to their abilities. As a result the children's self-motivation to grow and negative attitudes towards reading task itself.
"This process is called the Matthew effect. Ketidaklancaran reading means an impact on the child's failure in mastering other academic areas. This failure is further compounded as the child's grade go up," said Amitya Kumara in the university's Web Gajahmada
Reading ability in Class 2 Primary School
Women born in Yogyakarta February 25, 1960 is observed that the lack of launch reading that appear in the first and second grade are often not detected by the teacher. Teachers tend to think of it as a natural thing. While in his view it is where the real starting point of the problem complexity.
"Most non launch a new reading is considered a problem when the child was sitting in class 3 or 4 elementary school, when they are expected to learn and master the teaching materials," he said.
At this stage, said Amitya, children are not trained to be read. Children are required to be able to read fluently and comprehend what they read.
"Children who experience lack of launch reading in early grades will generally experience the same difficulties in the next class. At this grade level, children are considered problematic if it can not understand the lesson, can not answer questions, and often failed to do the test questions," he said.
The children were not without trying. The fact of their ability to accept and understand the lessons that the teacher is not as good as the kids in general. They actually require more time and opportunity to practice to equate steps with the children in general.
In these circumstances, teachers often assume they are in trouble, because their behavior disturbing the learning process. For example, could not sit still, do not want to participate in learning activities, no notes, no homework and no homework thoroughly. On the other hand the negative behavior actually arises because of feelings of inadequacy and lack confidence.
"In other words the negative behavior is the compensation of the negative feelings associated with lower child's motivation to improve her abilities. Children who have difficulty reading this also have trouble motivating yourself," said Graduate Program guest lecturer at several universities in Yogyakarta.
According Amitya role and position of parents is very significant in the development of language skills of children. That the quality of the interaction of child and parent proved to enhance the ability of grammatical accuracy and is a significant factor for the growth of language skills.
"The environment plays enable the development of language. Due to embody the development of good language needed 'ingredients' are good and the environment that sustains the development of language," says the author of "The Role of Parents Against Active Expression Write Children" in Journal of Psychology in 1999.
The development of language skills is essential for pre-school age children. This is an indication of verbal ability in relation to the intelligence of children in the primary and secondary schools.
The background is the reason Nimas Zahrotul Ayniyah, Student University Press to write his work in a Writing Contest. First champion finally achieved.
Reading the work entitled Picture Story Books For Extras Text Interaction of Parents and Children In Early Childhood Language Development provides an overview the importance of language input in early childhood, ie 2-4 years or so-called golden age. And the important role of parents as children's language facilitators.
Read together between parents and children with a picture-book media can generate extra interaction. According to one juror, Bambang Hidayat (ITB), there is an important element of the proposed Nimas, namely the awareness of parents.
"But we also see the potential of the first winners of this because he wanted to develop the younger generation as an important stake in Indonesia's development. Seeing the importance of absorbing vocabulary, basic lexicon, because it is expected that an increase in intelligence for the nation of Indonesia," he said. This paper is also considered relatively simple, quick, and does not require a lot of costs to be realized.
Nimas himself said of his writing can be input for parents how to educate children without forgetting the noble values of society. "I could feel my writing is not very meaningful than friends who are technology experts. My topic is simple. But, if I elaborated and disseminated to the community, God willing, will have an impact good for young children. Because I focus on how parents educate children, schools and later they have not forgotten the value of noble families and communities. And I was especially important: reading interests, "said Nimas.
In his writings, Nimas also said based on data from UNICEF, 70 percent of children who drop out of school are not ready to interact and follow elementary education. This is because children lack the ability to master speaking, reading and writing simultaneously about their lack of mastery of vocabulary.
Nimas also wrote even though the government has been promoting the program Early Childhood Education (early childhood) with a program to learn and play, but based on data from Ministry of Education, until the end of 2008 new early childhood education gross enrollment rate of about 50-53 percent of the 29.8 million children. This means that half of the number of early childhood in Indonesia has not criticized early childhood.
Meanwhile, the kindergarten teacher has not been properly emphasizes the ability of reading, writing, and arithmetic or calistung to young protege. Indeed, it would lighten the work of primary school teachers. However, that should be kept in mind by all parties is that the age of kindergarten age children to play.
"What needs to be taught to the children's gross motor only, such as the provision balance for the concentration or jump and others the like, while for fine motor needs to be given so that later in elementary school they used to hold a pencil, learn to scratch or cut," said Irma Juliasmi Nasution, Islamic elementary school teacher Didaktika Dian in Jakarta.
In kindergarten, first grade elementary school teacher said that students should be given the introduction of new characters and no more. If anything, then it's not the main target of learning.
"Actually, why the kindergarten children were taught calistung also because of the demands of the parents themselves. They are a lot of protest, why do they really taught to children just drawing, coloring, cutting, not taught to read," says July, greeting familiar.
"They do not know, learn fine and gross motor for preschool age children is much more important and necessary than learning to read," he added.
source: www.suaramedia.com
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