Endahwati,
Mudy. 2021. The Effectiveness of the Read Aloud Learning Method with the Media
Picture Storybook Series to Improve Reseptive and Expressive Languange Skills
in Early Childhood. Thesis of the Basic Education Study Program for Early
Childhood Education. Postgraduate Program, State University of Surabaya
Supervisor. (I) Dr.Bachtiar S. Bachri, M.Pd Supervisor (II) Dr. Umi Anugerah
Izzati, M.Psi Psycholog .
Keywords:
Read Aloud, Picture Series, Receptive Language, Expressive
This study aims to conduct an
empirical study in order to determine the difference in effectiveness between
the read aloud learning method and serial image media with other methods which
are usually conventional methods, namely methods carried out in the traditional
way, namely the lecture method used by teachers to improve receptive and
expressive language skills in students. E arly
childhood This type of research uses a nonequivalent control group experimental
design with a quantitative approach. The variables in this study consisted of
one independent variable and two dependent variables. The independent variable
in this study is the read aloud learning method with the media story picture
series (X). While the dependent variable in the study is receptive language
ability (Y1) and expressive language ability (Y2). The samples in this study
were 30 children in the experimental group (15 kindergarten children DWP Janti
B-1 and 15 kindergarten children DWP Wedoro B-2) and 30 children in the control
group (15 kindergarten children DWP Janti B-3 and 15 kindergarten children DWP
Wedoro B- 4). The data analysis technique in this study used parametric
statistics independent t test .
The
results showed that (1) the read aloud learning method with serial picture
story media was more effective than the learning method commonly used by
teachers, namely the conventional method, the method carried out in the
traditional way with the lecture method to improve receptive language skills in
early childhood, generally statistical value of ttest = -2.391 with a
significant level of p = 0.024 less than 5%; (2) The read aloud learning method
with picture series media is more effective than the learning method commonly
used by teachers to improve expressive language skills in early childhood,
statistically the value of t test
= -2.146, the significant level of p = 0.041 is less than 5%. The results of
this study can provide new insights and innovations in the effectiveness of the
read aloud method of storytelling in picture series, which is useful for
developing children's receptive and expressive language skills, and can provide
knowledge and can be used as study material for educators to improve receptive
and expressive language skills by using the read aloud learning method with
serial image media.