PENGGUNAAN KARYA SASTRA DALAM PENGAJARAN MEMBACA SEBAGAI SARANA MENINGKATKAN MINAT BACA

Abstract

This study tried to re-examine the the significant role of literature as reading
materials in class, and the appropriateness of involving students in teaching and
learning process in which they were supposed to provide reading materials for
class discussions. With the text provided by the students, hopefully they would be
encouraged to read; thereby increasing their reading interests. However, the twocycle
action research revealed that such learning and teaching processes did not
contribute to improving their reading preferences. Interestingly the seemingly less
interests in reading did not have any effects on their reading scores. There were
significant increases in the pre-test and the post-test, indicating that the students
still managed to read the texts for good scores. It is therefore recommended that
the use of authentic texts in line with the students’ major be still preferable.