PENERAPAN MEDIA KARTU HURUF TERHADAP KETERAMPILAN MEMBACA PERMULAAN DI KELAS 1 SDN NEGERI SAWAHLEGA

Reading is a means for students to learn something that is not yet known and can
broaden knowledge. To improve initial reading skills, it is necessary to apply media
letter cards and to see students' initial reading abilities, this research uses (PTK).
This study aims to determine the application of media letter cards to early reading
skills of grade 1 SDN Sawahlega before and after media cards. This type of
research is classroom action research (CAR) with a naturalistic approach and is
not carried out for hypotheses. The research design used Lewin Kemmis and Mc
Taggart, each step consisted of four stages, namely planning, observing and
reflecting using 2 cycles, the subjects of this study were 32 grade 1 students at
Sawahlega Elementary School. The research instruments used in this study were
tests and observations. The form of the test used is the pre test and post test to
measure students' initial reading ability. Test the validity in this study using content
and construct validity. To measure students' initial reading skills.

Keywords: Learning Media, Letter Cards, Students, Reading