The Roles of Parents in Enhancing Studentâ€TMs Reading Motivation: A Study in Kaliaman IV Elementary School Jepara
| Main Author: | Wijanarti, Novita |
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| Other Authors: | Usadya Palupi, Victoria, Indrayanti Timotius, Anne |
| Format: | Thesis application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS-UKSW
, 2014
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.uksw.edu/handle/123456789/3386 |
Daftar Isi:
- This study aims to find out what parents roles to encourage their children to read and because of their education, economic backgrounds, parentsâ€TM perceptions, parents behavior, and reading habit influence their participation in their children reading activity. The participants of this study were one hundred and twenty seven parents from a State Elementary school in Jepara. There were seventeen question of questionnaire. They were asked to fill in 17 questionnaire items related to their backgrounds, their beliefs about reading, their behaviors, and the availability of books in their area. Through descriptive analysis, it is signified that parents from any backgrounds perceived that they need to help their children to read. However, parents from low education level and low socio-economic status seemed to be less involved in motivating their children to read books. The findings implied that parents from different backgrounds have different contribution in introducing reading to their children and parent from early grade were more involved in enhancing their childrenâ€TMs reading activity than parents from older grade.