Illustrated folklore books as a simple technology to foster a culture of literacy

Abstract

This study aims to develop folklore-based teaching materials that are packaged in
picture story books and their effectiveness in fostering literacy skills in elementary school
students in Pati district. In this study using the Research and Development (R&D) method of
research and development. This research aims to develop teaching materials in the form of
pictorial folklore books that can motivate educators and foster reading interest in children.The
research subjects consisted of 1 control class and 2 experimental classes. Based on the research
results it can be seen that 1) the development of teaching materials begins with a preliminary
study through student and teacher interviews, then the results of the interview are adjusted to
the theory and the results become a draft model that is validated by experts. 2). Folklore
teaching materials in the form of picture story books are effective for fostering a culture of
literacy among students seen from the experimental class and the control class which includes
cognitive and psychomotor aspects.